“While the relative survival (survival compared to a healthy individual of similar age) for most other cancers has improved in Australia, for bladder cancer this has decreased over time.” Professor of Surgery at Monash University Shomik Sengupta writes about how bladder cancer has a lower profile compared to other types of cancer despite it affecting […]
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May is International Bladder Cancer Awareness month
International Bladder Cancer Awareness month International Bladder Cancer Awareness month starts today! Throughout the month of May, we will be working double time to make the community #BladderCancerAware! We hope everyone takes some time during May to highlight Bladder Cancer in your workplace, on your social media, with your friends, at clubs… anywhere you can! […]
USANZ Brisbane is only a week away.
The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) is the peak professional body for urological surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. Key datesAPSSM 2019 11 – 13 April 2019USANZ/ANZUNS 2019 begins 13 -16 April 2019 Registration and information: www.usanz2019.com Come and see us on our booth; just left of the main entrance. We will […]
World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition Update
We are delighted to advise that, at its meeting on March 28, the interim board of the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition unanimously approved the admission to membership of ActionBladderCancer (UK), Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation and Associazionepalinuro (Italy). Together with BCAN (USA), Bladder Cancer Canada, Fight Bladder Cancer UK, Norwegian Bladder Cancer Society and […]
Thank you!
A very special thank you to all the patients, friends and families who have donated to our cause over the years; we love hearing your stories!
Bladder Cancer Awareness Videos
The Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation has launched three bladder cancer awareness videos for males, females and the LGBT community. The videos are now available on our YouTube channel and the raw video files are also downloadable for educational purposes and dissemination. We encourage you to embed or share the youtube or raw files on […]
World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition
The World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition are meeting in Barcelona on Monday 18 March and BladderCancer.org.au founder and board member Tony Moore has been invited to join bladder cancer patient representatives from: Action Bladder Cancer, UK Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, US Bladder Cancer Australia Bladder Cancer Canada Fight Bladder Cancer, UK Les Zuros, France Norwegian […]
ANZUP Bladder Cancer Trials (update)
Below is an update on current ANZUP-led and co-badged Bladder Cancer trials taken from ANZUPs most recent monthly membership update. Trial Updates Bladder Cancer (PDF Download)
Australian Clinical Bladder Cancer Trials for Non-Invasive BC
All of the major milestones in controlling cancer worldwide have come through clinical trials. ANZUP is committed to increasing engagement with consumers, carers and the broader community to promote the importance of clinical trial research. Read more about ANZUP Bladder Cancer Trials
Think Tank 2018: Bigger and Better than ever!
Earlier this month, our board member Dr Stephanie Demkiw was fortunate enough to attend the BCAN Think Tank in Denver, Colorado – a meeting that brings together 250 of the top medical and scientific minds in bladder cancer. The meeting opened with a session for patient advocates. This included approximately 30 patients, many of which […]
UroGP conference 2018
Last weekend the BladderCancer.org.au team were at the UroGP conference at Melbourne Convention Centre. As usual our publications were very popular and we are almost sold out of both of our booklets now. That is now 4,000 booklets in doctor’s, patient’s and nurse’s hands and another 1,000 are now in production. Our “Bloody Piss” posters were […]