UPCOMING EVENTS

Bladder Cancer Awareness Day

The first-annual Bladder Cancer Awareness Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 17, 2010. More than a dozen events are being planned across the country.  For more information, and to look for events in your area, visit our new Awareness Day web page. More events will be added in the coming weeks.

PREVIOUS EVENTS

Patient Forums

For information on previous or upcoming Patient Forums, please go to http://www.bcan.org/stay-informed/forums/

Online Support Community Gathering

Bladder cancer survivors from across the country who are members of our online support community gathered July 18th in Haywood County, NC to meet in person and picnic in the Smoky Mountains. If you would like more information about this event click here.  To register for and participate in our online community, click on the orange button on the left.  To view pre-event local TV coverage, click here. To read a local newspaper story of this event, click here. To see pictures of the event, click here and then on “Cancer Survivor’s Picnic.”

Bladder Cancer Support Groups

Our online support community is available 24 hours a day. There, over 1000 bladder cancer survivors, caregivers, family members, and other loved ones support each other through their different stages in their journey with bladder cancer.

To participate in our online support community, click on the big orange button above. You will be asked to register, but registration is free and you are welcome to provide as little or as much information as feels comfortable to you. Requiring people who view the site to register gives more privacy to our members.

A tip for new users: Once you are registered & signed in, if you ever get lost, just click on “My Groups” at the very top and then click on “Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Support Community”

For In-Person Bladder Cancer Support Groups, please click here