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‘Good Morning America’ Personality Reveals Cancer Diagnosis At 34
Will Reeve’s newlywed year took a frightening turn when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, leading to two surgeries and chemotherapy before scans came back clean.
The 34-year-old son of Christopher and Dana Reeve revealed his diagnosis Tuesday on “Good Morning America,” telling viewers “right off the top” that he is “OK” after a grueling summer of treatment.
“The diagnosis was a shock and the treatments were a slog,” he said. “Today, though, I am relieved to announce that we arrived at our destination and this cancer is in the rearview mirror. But what a journey.”
At his side was Amanda Dubin, whom he married in January. It was his new wife who pushed him to get checked when, four months after their wedding, he discovered “a hard, tender lump in [his] left testicle.”
Reeve credited that decision with helping him catch the disease early.
“I’m fortunate that I caught this early,” he told People. “Yes, I had to jump through some flaming hoops to get to the other side, but it could have been much worse had I ignored it or delayed going to the doctor.”
An ultrasound obtained “at Amanda’s urging” brought frightening news. Reeve said “the images confirmed the unimaginable” and showed he “had a mass that had to come out.”
Doctors removed the testicle in May in a procedure called an orchiectomy. But the ordeal did not end there.
What Reeve initially believed would be a “momentary frightening detour” became a diagnosis of embryonal carcinoma, an aggressive form of testicular cancer. He needed a second operation to remove dozens of abdominal lymph nodes to prevent the disease from spreading.
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That surgery brought him back to a place with painful family history: Memorial Sloan Kettering, in the same building where his mother died of lung cancer in 2006 at age 44. His father had died two years earlier at 52.
Reeve then made the “necessary choice” to undergo chemotherapy to reduce the risk of the cancer returning. During treatment, he experienced ringing ears, night sweats, blood clots, persistent headaches and bone pain.
Cold capping helped him keep his hair. He also banked sperm so he and Dubin could have children through in vitro fertilization.
Reeve received “clean scans” Sept. 8. He told People he is “going to be fine,” describing the experience as “one heck of a chapter” in his life.
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His wife’s role as his “caregiver” also gave him a deeper understanding of his parents’ marriage. Dana cared for Christopher after a 1995 horseback riding accident left the “Superman” actor paralyzed.
“I learn[ed] more about what it was like to be my dad in the final nine years of his life, where he had my mom and our family taking care of him,” Reeve said.
His parents, he added, showed him how to face adversity and “repurpose it into something hopeful.”
Dubin described the ordeal as “early validation” that she and her husband can “tackle anything” together.
The couple went public with their relationship in April 2023, became engaged in November 2024 and married in Miami in January.
