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Since March 2020, there has been a steady flow of news about the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on healthcare. Doctors, nurses, and people in need of all types of care were...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has released its 2021 report on cancer, called Cancer Facts and Figures 2021. The data in this report is 2 to 4 years behind the...

Are you an adult with a current or past cancer diagnosis? Are you interested in learning more about your personality? If so, you may be qualified to participate in an...

Pharmaceutical company Merck has announced that it is building a new manufacturing facility so it can significantly expand production of Tice® BCG (BCG live for intravesical use), a drug used...

Arizona State University is seeking sleep-disturbed cancer patients to participate in a research study. The purpose of the research is to determine the effects of an 8-week smartphone-based health intervention...

As a diagnostic tool to confirm or rule out bladder cancer, the cystoscopy (along with cytology urine tests) have long been considered the gold standard. But cystoscopies are uncomfortable at...

Bladder cancer is recognized as a condition caused by exposure to Agent Orange during military service. On July 22, 2020, the U.S. Senate amended the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...

In early 2019, news of a shortage of a bladder cancer treatment called BCG started circulating. In this year’s Bladder Cancer In America survey, we asked 589 people with bladder...

For some time now, there has been a shortage of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG). It is a drug that doctors prescribe to treat bladder cancer in its early stages. People with...

The 2020 Fatigue and Health survey has now closed. Thank you for your interest! We are excited to share the results with you soon.Exhaustion, tiredness, weariness... fatigue. We know chronic...

On March 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the testing of two drugs, chloroquine (hydroxychloroquine) and remdesivir, to treat people with COVID-19. The drugs have been given...

For those living with chronic health conditions or cancer, current news about the coronavirus (COVID-19) can be anxiety-inducing. We have questions and concerns about how the virus is transmitted, how...

You could say 2020 delivered a sweet Valentine’s Day for bladder cancer patients. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held its annual Genitourinary (GU) Symposium in San Francisco at...

For the first time in 20 years, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The drug pembrolizumab is marketed...

Bladder cancer is newly diagnosed in approximately 71,000 Americans each year.1 There are several treatments for bladder cancer, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Many patients depend on medications being...

You may have noticed that we added a new accessibility feature to our websites. This feature will allow community members to change the size, color, or contrast of the text...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Americans, but new research shows that cancer is likely to surpass heart disease as the number one killer in 2020, especially...

A new urine test called UroSEEK was recently developed by researchers at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center that can detect DNA mutations that are common among bladder cancers. A...