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BCAN’s updated Bladder Cancer Basics handbook* for patients is available, free of charge. This handbook helps you learn about your diagnosis and treatment options to enable you, with the help of your medical team, to make informed choices about your continued medical care. Read more

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network was pleased to present a free opportunity to interact with two of the leading bladder cancer doctors in the country… Read more

Awareness month sheds light on rising number of cases across the nation Bethesda, MD (May 3)—Although bladder cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer… Read more

A TURBT stands for a transurethral resection of a bladder tumor: It is a surgery performed with a special instrument inserted through the urethra. View… Read more

A biopsy is the removal of cells or tissues for examination under a microscope. When only a sample of tissue is removed, the procedure is called… Read more

Cancer that forms in tissues of the bladder (the organ that stores urine). Most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells… Read more

Hematuria is blood in the urine. Hematuria is either gross, meaning that the blood can be seen with the naked eye, or microscopic, meaning that blood… Read more

Young Adult and Bladder Cancer Patient Advocates: Brittney T. and Ben S. Panelists: Dr. Sima Porten and Dr. Sam Washington, University of California San Francisco… Read more

Carlos and his wife, Angie, on vacation in British Columbia. Click here to read the transcript. In this episode of “Bladder Cancer Matters,” host… Read more