Jean (played by Gillian Wright) has been experiencing symptoms she and many of her fellow EastEnders characters believed to be those of the menopause.
Wanting to get some clarification over her self-diagnosis, Jean paid a visit to the doctor in this evening’s instalment of the BBC soap, but the Slater matriarch was dealt with an unexpected blow.
After examination, the doctor informed Jean she could be suffering from ovarian cancer but would need further tests to be 100 percent sure.
Unnerved by the news, Jean returned to the Square, failing to tell her loved one the devastating prognosis she had received.