Phil Morris (health activist)

Phil Morris (born 1972) is a British testicular cancer survivor, who works to spread awareness of the disease on the internet using online forums and social networking.[1] He is the founder of Check Em Lads, a testicular cancer awareness charity.[2] His website checkemlads.com was the first official charity to have .com in its title in the world.

Born in Heswall in 1972, he was educated at Pensby High School. He served in the British Army from 1990 until he was forced to leave in 1998 with a back injury.

After being diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and he set up checkemlads, a cancer organisation to help men under 35 through cancer. His cancer returned in 2017 [3]

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