The 52-year-old's affectional station was met with emotion from friends similar Sarah Michelle Gellar, who wrote, "You are a warrior."

Meanwhile, chap pal Selma Blair wrote, "This is simply a lot. This is simply a batch to instrumentality connected , inactive again."

The Cruel Intentions star, who has been vocal astir her ain health aft her aggregate sclerosis diagnosis, continued, "And I americium wishing for each the omniscient bid you person learned to find you successful the panic moments. To cognize we are holding you. Love. All love."

Doherty's wellness conflict began astir a decennary agone erstwhile she was diagnosed with bosom crab successful 2015. While the Heathers histrion announced successful 2017 that she was successful remission, Shannen shared successful 2020 that her crab had returned the erstwhile twelvemonth and had been classified signifier 4.

"It's a bitter pill to swallow successful a batch of ways," she told ABC News astatine the time. "I decidedly person days wherever I say, 'Why me?' And past I go, ‘Well wherefore not me? Who else? Who other beside maine deserves this?' None of america do. I would accidental that my archetypal absorption is ever interest astir however americium I going to archer my mom, my husband."

Shannen's wellness update comes amid different large beingness change, with her filing for divorcement from husband Kurt Iswarienko aft 11 years of matrimony successful April.

E! News antecedently reached retired to Doherty and Iswarienko's reps for remark and hasn't heard back.

In the aftermath of the breakup news, Doherty shared a cryptic quote on her Instagram that read, "The lone radical who merit to beryllium successful your beingness are the ones who dainty you with love, kindness and full respect."