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2004: Dot discovers she has cancer of the kidney. She reacts with confusion and fear - determined to keep it secret. June Brown noted this was 'ironic because I've played her as a hypochondriac, longing for attention, for 20 years. Now something's wrong, she doesn't want anyone to know'. She eventually recovers.