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The immune system detects and protects the body from anything it perceives as foreign. This includes viruses, bacteria and even cells that are abnormal because… 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

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is pleased to congratulate Mary Dunn, RN, MSN, OCN, NP-C, an Adult Nurse Practitioner at… Read more

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is pleased to announce two early-career investigator awards for 2021: Bladder Cancer Young Investigator Award to support the development… Read more

December 2, 2020 | BCAN is pleased to announce two 2021 Bladder Cancer Research Innovation Awards to support the work of investigators with exceptionally novel… Read more

(September 11. 2020 BETHESDA, MD) – The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) was saddened to learn of the bladder cancer diagnosis of professional golfer John… Read more