EastEnders: Shane Richie's Alfie Moon set for prostate cancer story

A caller EastEnders storyline volition spot Alfie Moon diagnosed with prostate crab aft writers worked with charities to enactment an "authentic story" astir the illness connected screen.

Macmillan Cancer Support said they anticipation the improvement volition "help unfastened up captious conversations" astir the illness.

One-in-eight men volition get prostate crab successful their lifetime, according to Prostate Cancer UK.

Actor Shane Richie's quality archetypal appeared successful the BBC bid successful 2002.

The storyline volition "follow Alfie and those astir him arsenic helium discovers and comes to presumption with his diagnosis", the BBC said.

Writers consulted Prostate Cancer UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and different experts successful the tract portion producing the plot, portion Richie met a antheral affected by the unwellness to springiness him the "opportunity to recognize what it's similar to acquisition the illness first-hand".

Chris Clenshaw, the programme's enforcement producer, said producers wanted to "accurately represent specified an affectional and pivotal storyline for Alfie, and 1 that galore viewers whitethorn subordinate to".

He added: "Shane [Richie] has thoughtfully portrayed the realities of being diagnosed with prostate crab with grace and understanding.

"We anticipation that this storyline resonates with the audience, and that we correspond it arsenic sensitively, and arsenic accurately, arsenic possible."

Macmillan Cancer Support's Dany Bell said the bid could "raise consciousness of the signs and symptoms of prostate crab and the interaction a crab diagnosis tin person connected individuals and their families".

He added: "We besides cognize that men tin often find it hard to speech astir cancer, to support the radical astir them, oregon simply wanting to enactment strong.

"We anticipation that seeing a quality similar Alfie spell done this acquisition volition assistance unfastened up these captious conversations and item the array of enactment that's retired there."

Amy Rylance of Prostate Cancer UK said: "It's been a privilege to supply penetration into Alfie Moon's travel with prostate cancer, ensuring an authentic communicative is told each measurement of the way."

Richie's Alife Moon returned to Albert Square past September aft fleeing Walford successful 2019 - and the quality has seen storylines astir dementia, cot decease and infidelity.

Prostate crab effects a walnut-sized gland situated successful the pelvis beneath the bladder. It chiefly effects men implicit the property of 50 and is much communal successful achromatic men, oregon men whose begetter oregon member person antecedently had the disease.

These symptoms tin beryllium caused by different conditions excessively - but it is important to person immoderate changes checked by a doctor.