EASTENDERS character Alfie Moon will be given a prostate cancer diagnosis in the coming weeks.
It is the same devastating news that more than 52,500 men in the UK receive every year.
One in eight men will be told they have prostate cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer for British blokes.
Viewers have already seen Alfie, played for 20 years by Londoner Shane Richie, 59, being told by his doctor that “it’s not good news” and early results “indicate a high chance of prostate cancer”.
Alfie knows he needs to undergo prostate cancer tests and producers say he is set to face a “tough road ahead”.