bladderCancer.org.au founder Tony Moore will be a guest speaker at UroGP in August! This excellent Urology for GP’s & Nurses Conference is to be held at the Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre on Saturday August 18th 2018 Registration and more info here: https://urogp.com.au
ANZUP Bladder Cancer Trials
Read the latest updates on current ANZUP-led Bladder Cancer trials including co-badged studies at ANZUP Bladder Cancer Trials. The Bladder Cancer trials include: BCG+MM Trial, BL 12 Trial, PCR MIB and NMIBC-SI.
Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors for Bladder Cancer – A BCAN Patient Insight Webinar
Smoking tobacco is a well-established risk factor for bladder cancer. Yet so many BCAN patients have never smoked. What are the other factors that influence risk of this disease? And, can any of them be avoided? In this webinar, Dr. Debra Silverman, Chief of the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch within the Division of Cancer […]
Wee Tests!
This company is offering home urine tests: www.wetestonline.com It’s cheaper than a doctor’s visit. Useful if you have some concerns about your wee and it’s difficult for you to get to doctor. However we must stress, if you notice a change in your urine, especially pink or red urine ….. GET TO A DOCTOR.
Before, During & After BCG: What to Expect
If you are considering BCG this is a very good article to read: www.bladdercancer.net/living/expect-bcg-treatment/
Flying our Aussie Flag at BCAN’s 2018 Think Tank in Denver, Colorado
Only a few weeks to go until our ever-passionate board member and patient advocate, Dr Stephanie Demkiw, heads to Colorado to collaborate with BCAN in their annual ‘Think Tank’. This scientific assembly is the premier bladder cancer-specific medical meeting in North America and brings together some of the top medical and scientific minds in bladder […]
Highlight on Urology Nurses
Bladder Cancer patients know only too well, the value of specialist nurses who understands stomas, neo bladders, continence issues, ED treatments and all the trials that are associated with bladder cancer. Kath Schubach is Vice President of Australia & New Zealand Urology Nurses Society (ANZUNS) and also with the Victorian state chapter, VUNS. Kath says: “Accurate […]
My Dad has bladder cancer
Hello, I am currently having my Dad go through Bladder Cancer. He was diagnosed with a tumor back in September last year a biopsy was and it turns out it was cancer on the bladder. He was not a smoker, rarely drinks and lives a pretty good life. He was turning 70 in December so […]
BCGosis…
Update on my BCG treatment was I never got to number 6, I was admitted into the San with what was eventually diagnosed as BCGosis… I basically contracted Tuburculosis, means I can no longer have BCG, am now having Chemo infusion… 3 down, three more, wait six weeks then a biopsy. Very nervous about how […]
My BCG Journey
I’m a 65 year old guy, whose life turned upside down in May this year. I was already under a urologist for prostate cancer due to my family history. I was walking over greasy rocks at Narrabeen and had a fall, cracked ribs, had blood in my urine…. had tests and was referred to another […]
Fight Club: Immunotherapy bladder cancer treatment
“When Steven Jones-Evans was diagnosed with bladder cancer, the prognosis was grim. His only hope was new – and expensive – immunotherapy. His response to the treatment was nothing short of astonishing.” Sydney Morning Herald article by Jane Cadzow Read the full story: Fight Club: Immunotherapy bladder cancer treatment
Bladder Cancer- common yet unheard of.
Following recurrent non-invasive bladder cancer over five years, resections, and treatment plans which consisted of BCG, radiotherapy, and hyperbaric treatment, in October 2014 my father lost his battle with Bladder Cancer at the age of only 48. Following the failure of these treatment plans in early/mid 2014 he was advised to undergo a cystectomy and […]