The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) provides patients with the critical information and community support they need to thrive today – and champions innovative research and responsive national policy to inspire hope for tomorrow.

BCAN developed the resources below for people who are facing bladder cancer. They contain information about what bladder cancer is, how it is diagnosed, the types, stages and grades of bladder cancer as well as it signs and symptoms.

Bladder preservation therapy focuses on treating bladder cancer while keeping the bladder functioning, which can improve a patient’s quality of life. This approach, often called Combined-Modality Therapy (CMT) or Tri-Modality Therapy (TMT), uses less invasive surgery along with radiation and lower-dose chemotherapy.

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, or BCAN, was founded in 2005 and provides patients with the critical information and community support they need to thrive today – and champions innovative research and responsive national policy to inspire hope for tomorrow.

BCAN was founded in 2005 and is the only national advocacy organization devoted to advancing bladder cancer research and supporting those impacted by the disease. The mission of BCAN is to increase public awareness about bladder cancer, advance bladder cancer research, and provide educational and support services for the bladder cancer community.

The following are free resources from the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network for bladder cancer patients and caregivers.

These handbooks offer a variety of information about the disease including the types of tests used to diagnose bladder cancer, what it means to “stage” and “grade” the disease, an overview of the types of treatments prescribed, including recently approved immunotherapies, as well as resources for the proactive patient.

Since 2005, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) has been the premier organization dedicated to bladder cancer. We provide patients, caregivers and the medical community with patient resources and support services to navigate the bladder cancer journey.

These handbooks offer a variety of information about the disease including the types of tests used to diagnose bladder cancer, what it means to “stage” and “grade” the disease, an overview of the types of treatments prescribed, including recently approved immunotherapies, as well as resources for the proactive patient.

A BCAN Chapter is a group of volunteers who share BCAN’s vision in changing the lives of those affected by bladder cancer; a group of people just like YOU that have been impacted by bladder cancer themselves in some way.