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		</div><p>Julie Walters has revealed that she was diagnosed with bowel cancer.</p>
<p>The Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot star’s condition was discovered 18 months ago, after doctors found two primary tumours in her large intestine.</p>
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<p>The 69-year-old told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show that, following chemotherapy, she had been given the all-clear.</p>
<p>Walters also hinted that her next film, an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel The Secret Garden, could be her last.</p>
<p>The veteran actress first visited a doctor with indigestion and “slight discomfort” but later returned with symptoms such as stomach pain, heartburn and vomiting.</p>
<p>She was referred to a gastric surgeon for a CT scan and later, while on the set of The Secret Garden, received a call asking her to go in.</p>
<p>Recalling the moment of her diagnosis, she said: “Shock. First of all, shock. And I thought ‘Right’. Then you hold on to the positive which was that he said ‘We can fix this’.”</p>
<p>Walters was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer, which indicates the cancer has spread into nearby lymph nodes, and is one level below the most serious categorisation.</p>
<p>Walters also remembered the moment she told her husband, Grant Roffey, the news.</p>
<p>“I’ll never forget his face – tears came into his eyes,” she said.</p>
<p>Despite remaining upbeat, Walters said she thought “Well, I may not come round from the anaesthetic” while awaiting surgery.</p>
<p>She said she had “30cm taken out of my colon” in hospital.</p>
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<p>Her recovery meant she had to be cut from some scenes in the forthcoming film The Secret Garden, where she stars alongside Colin Firth.</p>
<p>Walters said she also missed the premiere of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, with her agent telling people she had a ruptured hernia in order to keep the cancer diagnosis secret.</p>
<p>Genevieve Edwards, chief executive of Bowel Cancer UK, said: “We are very sorry to hear Dame Julie has been treated for bowel cancer.</p>
<p>“We are incredibly grateful to her for speaking so openly about her diagnosis.</p>
<p>“It’s only by talking publicly about this disease and raising awareness that we can encourage more people to take action if they have concerns.</p>
<p>“Every year in the UK, nearly 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer, making it the UK’s fourth most common cancer killer.</p>
<p>“Being aware of the symptoms and visiting your GP if things don’t</p>
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<p>“If you or your loved one receive a free NHS bowel cancer screening test in the post, completing it could save your life.”</p>
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