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Update 7\/15\/2024<\/strong>: Shannen Doherty, the actress best known for her roles in “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed” died on July 13 at the age of 53 after a years-long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease,” Doherty’s publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On an episode of her podcast, “Let’s Be Clear With Shannen Doherty<\/a>,” Doherty spoke with her oncologist, Dr. Lawrence Piro, about her diagnosis and her decision to pursue in vitro fertilization (IVF) during her 11-year marriage to her third husband, Kurt Iswarienko. She said she “believed that the reason why I got cancer was because I did IVF.”<\/p>\n

1\/3\/2024<\/strong>: Actress Shannen Doherty, best known for shows like “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed,” has been vocal about her battle with breast cancer. But now, in a new episode of her podcast, she shared about her past belief that undergoing IVF contributed to the disease.<\/p>\n

On the January 1st episode of “Let’s Be Clear With Shannen Doherty<\/a>,” Doherty discussed her cancer treatment with her oncologist, Dr. Lawrence Piro, as well as her decision to pursue in vitro fertilization (IVF) during her 11-year marriage to her third husband, Kurt Iswarienko. The two separated in April of 2023.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent chemotherapy until 2017, when she said she was in remission. But just months later, she announced that the cancer had not only returned, but was now Stage IV, and had spread to her brain and bones. She underwent brain surgery and radiation, and \u2014 shortly after her brain surgery<\/a> \u2014 learned her husband had been engaging in a long-term affair. Doherty filed for divorce. “It was, like, maybe two or three days apart,” she previously told ET. “So, yeah, it was pretty brutal.”<\/p>\n

This week, she spoke to Dr. Piro<\/a> about her desire to be a mom while balancing cancer treatment. Originally, she refused to take Tamoxifen, which had been suggested by Piro, because she didn’t think it was necessary. \u201cI also think that I was fairly certain it wasn\u2019t going to come back, because I believed that the reason why I got cancer was because I did IVF,\u201d she said. \u201cI met my husband at the time later in years and a multitude of things happened, and so when it was time to have that decision, we needed IVF and I did a bunch of rounds of it.\u201d<\/p>\n