All star lacrosse game to raise awareness of cancers

Testicular cancer will claim 380 lives in 2008, according to the American Cancer Society, which also projects that more than 8,000 cases of the rarely fatal disease will be diagnosed during the same span.

Matthew Miller, fortunately, is not one of those cases, but he was a statistic last November when the then-17-year-old senior at DeMatha Caholic High School in Hyattsville was diagnosed with the disease. Matt was a standout goalkeeper for the Stags lacrosse team, and he had hopes of furthering his lacrosse career at the collegiate level.

Thanks to early detection, Matt will have the opportunity to follow his dream of playing...