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Bladder Cancer Webinars: Watch Expert-Led Patient Education Sessions

BCAN offers free, expert‑led bladder cancer webinars for patients, survivors, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. These live and recorded sessions cover topics such as diagnosis, treatment options, clinical trials, survivorship, nutrition, and caregiver support. Upcoming webinars include registration details, and recordings with transcripts are available for past events.

What are BCAN bladder cancer webinars?

BCAN’s bladder cancer webinars are educational online events led by urologists, oncologists, researchers, nurses, and patient advocates. Each webinar is designed to provide clear, trustworthy information and practical guidance for people impacted by bladder cancer.

Webinars are:

• Free to attend
• Accessible from anywhere
• Offered live with Q&A opportunities
• Recorded for on‑demand viewing
• Accompanied by written transcripts for accessibility

Upcoming webinars

BCAN hosts live webinars throughout the year on timely and important topics in bladder cancer care and research.

Upcoming webinar listings include:

Understanding Your Options Before Bladder Removal: A Guide to Urinary Diversion and Decision-Making

June 25, 2026 | 4PM ET

Description: For many bladder cancer patients, undergoing a radical cystectomy (removal of the bladder) requires choosing a form of urinary diversion. With multiple options available, each with different lifestyle considerations, this decision can feel overwhelming.

Divya Ajay, MD, MPH, a reconstructive urologist specializing in cancer survivorship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will discuss how shared decision-making can help patients feel more informed and confident. She will also introduce a digital decision aid tool designed to support patients as they navigate urinary diversion choices.

In this session, Dr. Ajay will cover:

• What a radical cystectomy involves and why urinary diversion is necessary
• The different types of urinary diversion and key factors to consider
• How shared decision-making supports more informed, personalized care
• How decision aid tools can improve understanding and guide conversations with providers

This webinar is designed for patients, caregivers, and anyone considering bladder removal surgery who wants to better understand their options and feel more confident in the decision-making process.

A Q&A session will follow the presentation, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions directly to the expert.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YcgOKx7wSJW-eNE83DQQww

Managing Stress and Uncertainty: Tools for Coping with Bladder Cancer

October 7, 2026 | 4PM ET

Description: For many bladder cancer patients and caregivers, the emotional impact of a diagnosis can bring ongoing stress, anxiety, and uncertainty throughout the cancer journey. Finding ways to cope with these challenges is an important part of overall well-being.

Jenna Sangastiano, LPC, CSAC, from Inova Peterson Life with Cancer, will share practical strategies and tools to help individuals better manage the emotional challenges that come with bladder cancer. Drawing from her experience supporting people affected by cancer, she will focus on building resilience and developing healthy coping techniques.

In this session, Jenna will cover:

• Ways to manage stress and anxiety related to a bladder cancer diagnosis
• Tools for coping with uncertainty during and after treatment
• Techniques that can be incorporated into daily life for ongoing support

A Q&A session will follow the presentation, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions directly to the expert.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eMiu6IE9QNO99x2xxwhJiw

Topics Covered in BCAN Webinars

BCAN webinars address a wide range of bladder cancer–related questions and concerns, including:

• Understanding bladder cancer diagnosis and staging
• Treatment options for non‑muscle‑invasive and muscle‑invasive bladder cancer
• Managing side effects and quality of life
• Clinical trials and emerging research
• Immunotherapy and targeted therapies
• Nutrition, exercise, and survivorship
• Emotional support for patients and caregivers

Watch Past Bladder Cancer Webinars

If you’re unable to attend a live session, BCAN provides recorded webinars that can be viewed at any time.

Each recorded webinar includes:

• Full video replay
• Downloadable PDF transcript
• Expert‑reviewed educational content

Past webinars are organized by topic to help you find the information most relevant to your situation.

• Treatment

  Health Care Topics

  • Advances in Muscle Invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Past, Present, & Future Directions
    July 9, 2024 | Recorded Webinar In this expert-led webinar, medical oncologist Tyler Stewart, MD (University of California San Diego Health) reviews how treatment options for muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer have evolved over the past decade and where the field is headed. The session covers the historic reliance on chemotherapy and the shift to immunotherapy, including checkpoint inhibitors that have significantly changed outcomes for some patients. Dr. Stewart also explains targeted therapies such as FGFR inhibitors and antibody-drug conjugates, discusses the latest combination regimens now setting new standards of care, and explores emerging strategies like circulating tumor DNA testing and bladder-preserving approaches. The presentation concludes with a Q&A addressing clinical practice and future research directions.Topics Covered
    • Evolution from chemotherapy to immunotherapy
    • Checkpoint inhibitors and immune-based therapies
    • Targeted agents like FGFR inhibitors and antibody-drug conjugates
    • Latest combination treatment data
    • Emerging markers like circulating tumor DNA
    • Bladder-preserving research directions

    Who Should Watch
    Patients with muscle-invasive or metastatic bladder cancer, caregivers interested in treatment advances, and clinicians seeking an expert overview.

  • Enhancing Bladder Cancer Surgery Recovery: Strategies for Better Patient Outcomes
  • How Does Precision Medicine Tailor Treatment for Bladder Cancer?
  • Patient Etiquette – How to Manage Your Bladder Cancer Treatment
  • Real-world Applications of Microbiome in Bladder Cancer. What Patients Should Know?
  • Quality Care in a Community Urology Setting
  • Understanding Multidisciplinary and Integrated Care
  • The Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Treating Bladder Cancer
  • Understanding and Managing Parastomal Hernias
  • When the Urine Flow Slows: Understanding Ureteroenteric Stricture Disease

  Staging and Types of Bladder Cancer

  • Staging and Standards of Care for Bladder Cancer
  • Understanding Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC)
  • Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
  • Women and Bladder Cancer
  • Pathology Driving Decisions
  • Carcinoma in Situ

  Treatment Topics

  • A Novel Gene Therapy for BCG Unresponsive NMIBC
  • Managing Side Effects of Bladder Cancer Treatments
  • Precision Medicine and Bladder Cancer Update
  • Thinking Through Decision Making | Keeping A Grip On the Emotional Roller Coaster When Bladder Cancer Returns After BCG
  • Real Talk: Pelvic Floor Health
  • Alternates to Radical Cystectomy
  • Bladder Preservation Therapy
  • Neoadjuvant & Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Understanding A New Treatment Option for Advanced Bladder Cancer
  • Treating Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Risk Level

  Bladder Removal Surgery – Radical Cystectomy

  • Making Shared Decisions in Surgical Bladder Cancer Treatment
  • Understanding the Anatomy of a Cystectomy
  • Selecting Your Best Urinary Diversion- For Women
  • Selecting Your Best Urinary Diversion- For Men
  • Urinary Diversion
  • Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion
  • Enhanced Recovery for Radical Cystectomy 
  • The Care and Keeping of a Neobladder
  • The Care and Keeping of an Ileal Conduit
  • Care and Keeping of an Indiana Pouch
  • Health Related Quality of Life After Radical Cystectomy

  Advanced Bladder Cancer Topics

  • Palliative Care
  • When Cure is Not an Option | Managing Difficult Conversations and Treatments at the End of Life

   

• Diagnosis
  • Walking Through a New Bladder Cancer Diagnosis: Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (Update)
  • What Can They See in My Pee | Unraveling the Mysteries of Urine Cytology
  • Understanding TURBT and Cystoscopy
  • Understanding Bladder Cancer | Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • Understanding Bladder Cancer | Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • What I Wish I Had Known When I Was Diagnosed With Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • Understanding Bladder Cancer | Advanced or Metastatic Bladder Cancer
  • Diagnosing and Treating Bladder Cancer for Adults Under 40
  • Less Common Types of Bladder Cancer (Rare Bladder Cancer)
  • Exploring Rare Types of Bladder Cancer
• Prevention and Recurrence

  Risk Factors

  • E-cigarettes Smoking and Bladder Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention
  • Environmental & Occupational Risk Factors
  • Working Smarter to Prevent Bladder Cancer: Understanding How Jobs and the Environment Affect Risk

  Surveillance

  • Understanding ctDNA Testing in Bladder Cancer: What it Means for You
  • Understanding ctDNA: A New Tool for Bladder Cancer Care
  • Navigating Bladder Cancer Recurrence, Surveillance, and Beyond (Update)
  • Surveillance and Recurrence of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
• Research and Clinical Trials

  Clinical Trial Topics

  • Bench to Bedside: Clinical Trials to Treat Bladder Cancer?
  • Debunking the Myths of Clinical Trials
  • Advanced/Metastatic Bladder Cancer Clinical Trials
  • Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Clinical Trials
  • Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Clinical Trials
  • Are Clinical Trials Right for You? | Text Transcript

  Research Topics

  • Participating in Research: Engaging in Clinical Trials
  • Participating in Research: Engaging with “Pharma” as a Patient
  • Participating in Research: Engaging in Grant ReviewRegister Now
• Survivorship and Caregivers

  Mental Health

  • Suffering in Silence – Overcoming the Hidden Struggles of Bladder Cancer Caregivers
  • The Role of Supportive Care & Mental Health Services
  • Managing the Fear and Anxiety that can Accompany Bladder Cancer 
  • How Can Caregivers Help When Their Loved One Needs Bladder Removal?
  • The Psychosocial Impact of Bladder Removal
  • Bladder Cancer Basics: Tips For Caregivers
  • How to be a Proactive Patient

  Exercise

  • Movement: A Tool to Optimize Your Bladder Cancer Journey
  • Moving Through Bladder Cancer: How Exercise Can Impact Your Quality of Life

  Bladder health

  • Urinary Tract Infections after Bladder Cancer Treatment

  Special groups

  • Black Families Bladder Cancer Awareness
  • Realities of Women with Bladder Cancer

  Sexuality

  • Navigating Sexuality During Bladder Cancer
  • Guy Talk | Men’s Sexuality After Bladder Cancer
  • Women in Bladder Cancer: Sexuality and Intimacy
  • Physical and Psychosocial Sexual Health after Bladder Cancer

  Veterans

  • 2020 Update on Veterans and Bladder Cancer
  • Veterans and Bladder Cancer | A Conversation about VA hospitals and how they can help
• Nutrition
  • Understanding the Science and Research behind Nutrition Recommendations During Bladder Cancer Treatment
  • Eating Healthy With Bladder Cancer| Text Transcript
  • Eating Healthy Before and After Bladder Cancer Treatment| Text Transcript 
  • Enhancing Nutrition During Bladder Cancer Treatment
  • What you should know about eating healthfully with bladder cancer
  • Enhancing Nutrition During Bladder Cancer Treatment
• Treatment Talks

  Treatment Talks – Feature a leading medical expert and patients who share their experience with the treatment being discussed.

  Objectives of Treatment Talks are to:

  1. Increase patient understanding of existing and new treatments, and in this case, clinical trials for the spectrum of bladder cancer diagnosis;
  2. Showcase patient questions to ask for empowering patient communication with their healthcare team;
  3. Highlight current treatment advances for bladder cancer.

  • Intravesical Therapy
  • Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
  • Trans-Urethral Resection of the Bladder Tumor (TURBT)

  Urinary Diversion

  • Long Term Management of Urinary Diversions
  • The Care and Keeping of a Neobladder
  • The Care and Keeping of an Ileal Conduit
  • Care and Keeping of an Indiana Pouch
  • Parastomal Hernias

  Other Treatment Options

  • Clinical Trials as Treatment for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • Clinical Trials as Treatment for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • Clinical Trials as an Option for Treating Bladder Cancer
  • Treating Options for Advanced and Metastatic Bladder Cancer
  • Chemotherapy
  • Maintenance Therapy
  • Antibody Drug Conjugates
  • ImmunotherapyRe

Who Should Attend These Webinars?

BCAN bladder cancer webinars are designed for:

• People diagnosed with bladder cancer
• Survivors navigating life after treatment
• Caregivers and family members
• Healthcare professionals seeking patient‑centered education
• Anyone looking to better understand bladder cancer

Frequently Asked Questions

Are BCAN bladder cancer webinars free?

Yes. All BCAN webinars are offered at no cost.

Do I need to register to attend a webinar?

Yes. Registration is required for live webinars so participants can receive access links and reminders.

Are webinar recordings available?

Yes. Recordings are posted after each live event and can be watched on demand.

Are transcripts available?

Yes. Most webinars include downloadable PDF transcripts to support accessibility and learning.

Can caregivers attend webinars?

Absolutely. Caregivers are encouraged to attend and participate.

Why BCAN webinars matter

Education empowers patients and families to make informed decisions. BCAN webinars connect the bladder cancer community with trusted experts and provide reliable, up‑to‑date information in an easy‑to‑access format.

Related support resources

• Bladder cancer signs and symptoms
• Treatment and diagnosis guides
• Finding support and community programs
• Patient stories and survivor experiences