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Doherty, 50, recently told ABC News that work has become \"even more fulfilling\" in the wake of her diagnosis. The actress has two Lifetime movies premiering this month.

\"A lot of people who get diagnosed with stage four, they sort of getting written off. It's assumed that they cannot work or they can't work at their full capacity. And that is not true,\" she said. \"That is something that I would really like for people to sort of stop assuming, and give us a chance to prove them wrong.\"

When someone is diagnosed with stage four breast cancer, it means that the disease has spread to other areas of the body, according to the National Cancer Institution. The Susan G. Komen organization reports that new treatments have improved the survival rates for those diagnosed with stage four, or metastatic breast cancer. According to the group, about one-third of women who have been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer will live at least five years past their diagnosis, though some will live for 10 or more years.

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