Shannen Doherty is sharing her story to help shed light on Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
 
The Charmed alum, who

Shannen Doherty is sharing her story to help shed light on Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
 
The Charmed alum, who publicly shared her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis in February 2020, posted two photos of herself to Instagram on Oct. 7.
 
"For breast cancer awareness month, I'd like to share more of my own personal journey from my first diagnosis to my second," she captioned the post. "Is it all pretty? NO, but it's truthful and my hope in sharing is that we all become more educated, more familiar with what cancer looks like. I hope I encourage people to get mammograms, to get regular checkups, to cut thru the fear and face whatever might be in front of you."
 
Doherty was first diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and underwent surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. Two years later, in 2017, she announced she had gone into remission. In 2019, she disclosed to her loved ones that her cancer had returned and publicly shared the news last year.