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To mark World Cancer Day, we spoke to Mary Lovett, a bladder cancer patient, who was finally diagnosed after a long and frustrating journey. Her story demonstrates how much work is needed to close the diagnosis gap for women so stories like hers become less common in...

Bladder cancer receives just 1% of cancer research funding in the UK, despite being the 4th most common cancer in men in the UK. A lack of funding and knowledge of the condition means that often people with bladder cancer wait too long for a diagnosis. To mark World...

28 May 2021 Extensive research project from charity Fight Bladder Cancer finds bladder cancer patients’ quality of life and sexual wellbeing is being impacted by a lack of specialist staff to provide them with the care and support they need   Bladder cancer – the...

Thursday 6 May 2021 As Bladder Cancer Awareness Month kicks off, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has announced that it is not recommending avelumab (Bavencio) for use as a maintenance treatment for people with locally advanced or metastatic...

Patient-led charity, Fight Bladder Cancer, has launched the first ever suite of ten booklets designed to provide bladder cancer patients and their families with the help and information they need about every stage of the disease. Digital download...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Andrew Winterbottom, the inspirational co-founder of Fight Bladder Cancer. He died on Friday 31 May after a diagnosis of bowel cancer last year. In October 2018, Andrew Winterbottom revealed his terminal diagnosis...