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*
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Fatigue
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Frequent urination
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
Common symptom
Anxious mood
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.
Buoy Health’s symptom checker.
Top treatments taken by people for bladder cancer*
Treatment
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.
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 | 6 | |
| 30s | 13 | |
| 40s | 18 | |
| 50s | 36 | |
| 60s | 78 | |
| 70+ | 176 |
Distribution of sex
Sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 205 | |
| Female | 119 |
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