Shannen Doherty shared heartbreaking news about her fight with cancer in an interview with PEOPLE. The actress said the stage 4 breast cancer has spread to her bones.
Doherty, 52, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. After a mastectomy and chemotherapy, she went into remission.
But the cancer returned in 2019. Doherty announced her diagnosis of metastatic stage 4 cancer in 2020.
Earlier this year, she said the cancer had spread to her brain. A tumor on her brain was removed.
The “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed” star said she’s still undergoing treatment.
“I don’t want to die,” she said in a recent interview with PEOPLE. “I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better. I’m just not — I’m not done.”
She continued, “When you ask yourself, ‘Why me? Why did I get cancer?’ and then ‘Why did my cancer come back? Why am I stage 4?’ That leads you to look for the bigger purpose in life.”
LOS ANGELES – APRIL 22: Pictured is Shannen Doherty (as Rebecca Dubrovich) in the made for televsion movie, SLEEPING WITH THE DEVIL. Air date, April 22, 1997. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) 
Shannen Doherty during 1992 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) 
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE — Season 9 — Pictured: Shannen Doherty as Jenny Wilder (Photo by Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) 
US actress Shannen Doherty attends the FOX Summer TCA 2019 All-Star Party at Fox Studios on August 7, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) (Photo credit should read MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 05: Shannen Doherty poses for a portrait in the Getty Images & People Magazine Portrait Studio at Hallmark Channel and American Humanes 2019 Hero Dog Awards at the Beverly Hilton on October 05, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Hallmark Channel ) 
THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW — Episode 1014 — Pictured: Shannen Doherty — (Photo by: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Doherty told PEOPLE she hopes to get into clinical trials and would like to return to work.
“People just assume that it means you can’t walk, you can’t eat, you can’t work. They put you out to pasture at a very early age — ‘You’re done, you’re retired.’ And we’re not,” she said in the interview. “We’re vibrant, and we have such a different outlook on life. We are people who want to work and embrace life and keep moving forward.”
Doherty’s acting credits date back to 1981. Her first big role was as Jenny Wilder on “Little House on the Prairie.”
Now, the actress is launching a memoir-style podcast, “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty.” It premieres Dec. 6 on iHeartRadio.
