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.

When it comes to bladder cancer treatment, options can vary depending on the type, stage, and grade of the cancer. Treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy each work in different ways to manage or remove tumors.

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.

BCAN's Bladder Cancer Basics handbook explains the basics of bladder cancer and is free of charge to patients. For providers, just pay shipping.

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.

BCAN’s updated Bladder Cancer Basics handbooks for patients and caregivers are available, free of charge.

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.