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 […]
News from bladdercancer.org.au (Sep 2017)
Download the Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation September 2017 newsletter: www.bladdercancer.org.au/pdf/BC_News_Sep_2017.pdf
Our booklet endorsed by the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
The Bladder Cancer – Solving The Puzzle booklet is endorsed by the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) – August 2017 Further to your letter of 3 April 2017 …. seeking endorsement of the Bladder Cancer Booklet produced by the Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation, the Board referred it to the Genitourinary Special […]
Story from across the ditch
Husband is Aussie so hopes that counts! Bladder issues for several years before malignant cells found in urine in early 2013. Much delay & seemingly indifference from drs, disease progresses to stage 4 by June 2014. Chemo, RC with ic, which showed cancer in prostate as well as nodes & bladder. A few months later […]
Free Booklet on Urinary Diversions
Thanks to The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Carol Stott & A/Prof Richard Millard, their great booklet for patients facing a Urinary Diversion is now available as a free download Our charity receives no external funding. We rely on donations. You can donate easily to our Foundation here: https://www.bladdercancer.org.au/donations/
New Bladder Cancer booklet available for FREE download
New Bladder Cancer booklet available for FREE download:https://www.bladdercancer.org.au See the patient surveys here:https://www.bladdercancer.org.au/bladder-cancer-resources/bladder-cancer-patient-surveys/