Greg Price was an engineer, pilot, and athlete who died of complications after testicular cancer surgery in 2012 in Canada. A review of his case found missed faxes, follow-ups, and botched data sharing, ultimately costing this vibrant 31-year-old Alberta man his life.

All of the missteps in his case took 407 days from his first diagnosis until he died.

His sister, Teri Price, is the executive producer of the 30-minute film Falling through the Cracks: Greg's Story, which was released in 2018. She is fighting to improve the Canadian healthcare system, which she says failed her brother and continues to fail to change.

The Max Mallory Foundation shares this episode of Don't Give Up on Testicular Cancer, in which Teri shares Greg's story and her family's efforts to improve the Canadian healthcare system. As they began working on the film, they established Greg's Wings.

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In 2019, Ariz Bhimani was 20 years old, a civil engineering student in Canada, and then diagnosed with testicular cancer. And as you will learn in this discussion with Ariz, he hated wearing underwear.

He continued his studies through his cancer journey, which included an orchiectomy, chemotherapy, and recurrent cancer. Now, he's in remission.

Throughout his treatment, Ariz experienced immense physical pain and mental stress. Yet, one idea kept surfacing in his brain. He hated wearing underwear.

He used his engineering skills to create BRFZY, a company that sells recovery boxer briefs with precision compression and support. He'll tell us about that product and his journey to creating it.

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Managing testicular cancer demands resilience that men often don't realize they possess. Michael J. Rovito, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Central Florida, adds another factor to resilience: connectedness.

He shares some insights from his investigatory project on connectedness or disconnection, which could be defined, he says, as "no one really knows me."
This feeling of social isolation becomes even more palpable for young men navigating testicular cancer. Dr. Rovito talks about the challenges young people face, often without the realization they are disconnected from people and social interactions.

A familiar voice on the Don't Give Up on Testicular Cancer podcast, Dr. Rovito, has shared his research outcomes and interests before with our listeners. He specializes in testicular cancer self-examination and testicular cancer in general, male health, behavioral change, and informative research that includes theory, instrument development, and intervention design. He is also a Certified Health Education Specialist.

Learn more about the Male Wellness Collective, a 501(c)(3) led by
Kathy Rovito, Ph.D.

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Michael A. Hoyt, PhD, is a professor of population health and disease prevention at the University of California - Irvine, Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health. He is an expert in biobehavioral cancer survivorship research and a leader in behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology.

Dr. Hoyt discusses how the biological side of a disease or chronic disease intersects with the behavioral side of our body. He started his dissertation research to understand how men regulate their emotions when they have cancer. He expanded his research to study where biology fits into the psychological interactions men experience with cancer.

In this podcast episode of Don't Give Up on Testicular Cancer, Dr. Hoyt shares his research outcomes on life after testicular cancer. His research discussions with young men who survived testicular cancer found one question posed most often by them, "Am I doing okay?" Learn more about his research on that question in the podcast from the Max Mallory Foundation.

Learn more about Dr. Hoyt's testicular cancer research and call for participants on his lab's website at bmed.publichealth.uci.edu

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On November 12, 2016, Roshan Karunaratne's brother died in his arms due to stage 4 testicular cancer. Shehan was only 28 years of age. Roshan watched his older brother suffer from the simple fact that he didn't go to the doctor early enough. For Roshan, this journey also meant his life was about to change. After 18 months of hardcore chemotherapy, his brother died.

As Roshan explains on his Movember page, "I swore never to let another man die too young if I had anything to do with it."

Roshan tells more about his brother's experience with testicular cancer and his role as a caregiver in this podcast episode of Don't Give Up on Testicular Cancer from the Max Mallory Foundation.

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Jim Hohman had a terrible cough after he ran the 1986 Boston Marathon. He went to the doctor, who also decided to conduct a general physical. That exam saved his life, Jim says, because the doctor found a lump on his testicle. He visited the urologist on Saturday and his orchiectomy surgery on Monday. After a few months, his blood tests showed a potential return of the cancer. It did return, and Jim managed chemo treatments.

He shares his story of running the 1988 Boston Marathon - after treatment for testicular cancer, getting married, having a daughter, raising his daughter as a single dad, managing a career, volunteering at the local YMCA and other organizations...and enjoying life.

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Join Andy Hood, an avid runner who used his testicular cancer diagnosis as a positive, next step as a runner. While he has never competed in or run a marathon, he has been running for years at the same 26-mile distance on trails around his home in North Devon in the United Kingdom.

He is the father of three boys, and at age 48, he learned he had testicular cancer. After an orchiectomy and chemotherapy, he came back, he says, as Andy 2.0 ready to run on the beautiful trails he knows and at the same time, raise awareness about testicular cancer.

Listen to Andy, known as runningwestwardho on Instagram, and his positive approach to testicular cancer on this episode of Don't Give Up on Testicular Cancer from the Max Mallory Foundation.

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Host Joyce Lofstrom talks with Alex Tothill-Brown, a 10-year testicular cancer survivor. He shares his story of finding a lump on his testicle during his college years and then navigating the Canadian healthcare system for outstanding care.

His journey covers the different treatments for metastasis to his lungs and brain, as doctors gave him a 30% chance of survival.

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