CLEVELAND -- The "Loving Partners" campaign has focused on women and breast cancer, but now men are taking center stage.

NewsChannel5 health team reporter Alicia Booth reported that when you think of cancer, you'd probably never think of someone like Peter Hanson -- young, fit, health conscious. But Hanson was diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 28.

"At first it just blinds you and you don't know how to respond or act. You don't know what your chances are and it's very scary," Hanson said.

He soon learned that almost everyone survives testicular cancer.

"It's not a comfortable thing to talk about, but I think most men are pretty happy when they find out almost always only one testicle needs to be removed," said Dr. Joe Bokar with University Hospitals.

Booth said that, in itself, is scary.

"Even after that surgery, most men return to normal sexual function and even normal fertility and are able to have children afterwards," Bokar said.

Hanson is the usual target for testicular cancer -- a young white male. However, his battle with cancer is anything but usual. Just a year before his diagnosis, his brother Paul died at age 22 of Hodgkin's disease.

"All the symptoms that my brother had, though it was an entirely different cancer, I was experiencing the same things," Hanson said.

There are symptoms every man should know about.

"Testicular discomfort, pain, sometimes a heaviness in the scrotum or heaviness down in the lower abdomen, can be a sign, early warning sign," Bokar said.

Booth said that the best advice is to go to the doctor.

"It's scary because you're playing with fire. Basically, the longer you wait, you lessen the chance of getting better," Hanson said.

If you have any questions about testicular cancer, call this hotline at University Hospitals for a free mailer. The number is (800) 641-2422.

Make sure to check out the Loving Partners page for more information.