RESOURCES AND SUPPORT

Information about bladder cancer, its symptoms and treatment options
Support Services for Cancer Survivors
Recommended Reading

Information about bladder cancer, its symptoms and treatment options:

Bladder Cancer Webinar – This January, 2009 webinar offered by the AUA Foundation and co-sponsored by BCAN is a good overview of bladder cancer and treatment options.  To listen to a recording of the webinar, click here and complete a free registration process.

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=44

American Society for Clinical Oncology
http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Bladder+Cancer

American Urological Association Foundation
http://www.urologyhealth.org/

National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/bladder

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
http://www.nccn.com/

Bladder Cancer Webcafe
http://www.blcwebcafe.org/

Support Services for Cancer Survivors:

Cancer Care
(Recent educational programs available via podcast on coping with chemotherapy, peripheral neuropathy, survivorship, and caregiving.  Online and telephone support groups.  One-on-one telephone counseling.)
http://www.cancercare.org/

Cancer Support Community (formerly Gilda’s Club and The Wellness Community)
http://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/

Canadian Bladder Cancer Network
http://www.cbcan.org/

Firefighters Cancer Support Network
http://www.fcsn.net/

Lance Armstrong Foundation
http://www.livestrong.org/

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
http://www.canceradvocacy.org/

Patient Advocate Foundation
http://www.patientadvocate.org/

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
http://www.smithfarm.com/

United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc.
www.uoaa.org

Recommended Reading:

Articles:

CURE Magazine, Winter 2006, “Bladder Cancer Breaking the Research Barrier,” click here.

Sexx Matters, Fall 2005, “Bladder Cancer: What Every Woman Needs to Know,” click here

Books:

The Guide to Living with Bladder Cancer, Mark P. Schoenberg, M.D.

100 Questions & Answers About Bladder Cancer, Pamela Ellsworth, MD., Brett Carswell, M.D.

The Total Cancer Wellness Guide; Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis, The Wellness Community

AfterShock—What To Do When the Doctor Gives You – or Someone You Love—a Devastating Diagnosis, Jessie Gruman, PhD.

The information and services provides by the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) are for informational purposes only. The information and services are not intended to be substitutes for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you are ill, or suspect that you are ill, seek professional medical attention immediately! BCAN does not recommend or endorse any specific physicians, treatments, procedures or products even though they may be mentioned on this site