What is bladder cancer?

Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of cancerous (malignant) growths of the urinary bladder. Transitional cell bladder cancer accounts for 90% of all bladder cancers.

How do members experience bladder cancer?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bladder cancer*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for bladder cancer*

*Data from patients with bladder cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with bladder cancer*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
bladder cancer (1)

*Data from patients with bladder cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has bladder cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 7
30s 12
40s 19
50s 36
60s 80
70+ 177

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 207
Female 121

We’re all in this for good.

By sharing your stories and data, you will:
  • help each other live better and uncover the best ways to manage your health today
  • help researchers shorten the path to new treatments tomorrow

How much good can your data do? A whole lot, as co-founder Jamie Heywood explains in this video.

What is bladder cancer?

Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of cancerous (malignant) growths of the urinary bladder. Transitional cell bladder cancer accounts for 90% of all bladder cancers.



Common symptoms reported by people with bladder cancer

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Last updated:



Treatments taken by people for bladder cancer

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
109
Tried for
bladder cancer (1)

Data from patients with bladder cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Last updated:


Compare treatments taken by people with bladder cancer

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
bladder cancer (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with bladder cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Last updated:



Who has bladder cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 270 say bladder cancer is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 7
30s 12
40s 19
50s 36
60s 80
70+ 177
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 3
30-39 years 6
40-49 years 6
50-59 years 20
60-69 years 20
70+ years 15

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 207
Female 121

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 186
Not Diagnosed 10

These charts show data from bladder cancer patients who have completed their condition history
Last updated: