Shannen Doherty is hopeful about her cancer even though it is incurable

Shannen Doherty has another update about her treatment of Stage 4 breast cancer.

The former "90210" and "Charmed" actor said on her podcast “Let’s Be Clear” that despite her cancer being incurable she is hopeful. Doherty shared that she had been given new options because of a positive development in her health.

“I got to say that there is some positivity there, and the positivity is that because my molecular structure of my cancer cells changed recently, it means that there’s a lot more protocols for me to try,” Doherty said on her podcast. “So, you know, for the first time in a couple of months, probably, I feel hopeful because there are so many more protocols now. Whereas before I was hopeful, but I was still getting prepared. Now I’m like, oh, I don’t need to be prepared. I need to go on a vacation. I need to go on a boat again and explore places.”

She continued, “So there is hope mixed with my own bit of sadness because, again, I just don’t know what all these chemos — and it’s more than one chemo that I’m going on. We’re kind of throwing the kitchen sink at it.”

Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and went into remission two years later. But in 2020, Dogerty shared that her cancer had returned and was categorized as stage 4. Last year, she said on Instagram that it had metastasized to her brain.