Bladder Cancer
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Welcome to Action on Bladder Cancer (ABC)
Bladder Cancer – we know more, but still not enough...
Awareness around the main warning sign for bladder cancer – blood in the urine – is gradually increasing but still only 5% of the public recognise that smoking is a main cause of bladder cancer. Action on Bladder Cancer (ABC) releases findings from a new National survey exposing how little the general public knows about bladder cancer.
» News release
» ABC survey: further information
Daily Mail reports on new approach for bladder cancer
» www.dailymail.co.uk
Prof John Kelly, a Trustee of Action on Bladder Cancer and Consultant Urologist in London, tells the Daily Mail of a new treatment for bladder cancer which is currently part of a clinical trial called 'HYMN'.
Please go to » clinicaltrials.gov for further information on this trial or visit Cancer Research UK.
Every year in the UK, approximately 10,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer and the number of patients being treated for bladder cancer is rising.
Bladder cancer is the 4th most common cancer in men and 11th most common in women.
Despite this, there is very limited public awareness towards the disease and it is a relatively low priority on the public health agenda.
ABC is dedicated to helping people to understand more about bladder cancer. Our focus for action is:
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