Bladder cancer facts & figures

  • Bladder cancer is the fifth commonest cancer in the UK after breast, prostate, lung and colorectal (colon) cancer (1)
  • Men are more at risk of developing bladder cancer than women - it is the fourth commonest cancer in men and the eighth commonest in women (2), but fewer women survive the condition proportionally (2)
  • The majority of bladder cancer patients are over the age of 65 years at diagnosis (3)
  • The good news is that the incidence of bladder cancer in the UK is falling (4) for both men and women
  • If bladder cancer is discovered early, the five-year survival rate for patients with superficial (non-invasive) tumours is roughly 90 per cent (5)

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References:

  1. UK National Statistics Online | Cancer incidence in UK | Accessed Sep 2009 | Published Dec 2008
  2. Datta, Neville, Datta & Earle | Gender disparities in bladder cancer survival: an assessment of socio-demographic factors | Fifth AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research (Nov 2006) | Behavioral and Social Science: Health Disparities
  3. American Cancer Society | What Are the Risk Factors for Bladder Cancer? | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last update May 2009
  4. Cancer Research UK | UK Bladder Cancer Incidence Statistics | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last update Sep 2008
  5. Cancer Research UK | Bladder Cancer Survival Statistics | Accessed Sep 2009 | Last update Dec 2006

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