When Shannen Doherty was given the all clear from breast cancer in 2017, she hoped her nightmare was over. Despite the cancer having spread to her lymph nodes, gruelling surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy proved to be successful and the 90210 actress went into remission.
It was her beloved dog Bowie who had first detected she was ill, with the German shepherd repeatedly sniffing the area where her tumour was subsequently discovered.
Shannen, 49, told Entertainment Tonight: "When I got back from surgery, [Bowie] again was kind of right in this area. "Then when I had my first chemo, she would sniff my entire body up and down.
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