Bladder cancer
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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
Treatments taken by people for bladder cancer
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Compare treatments taken by people with bladder cancer
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have bladder cancer through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with bladder cancer? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has bladder cancer on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 203 say bladder cancer is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 10 | |
| 30s | 20 | |
| 40s | 19 | |
| 50s | 11 | |
| 60s | 18 | |
| 70+ | 51 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 3 | |
| 20-29 years | 6 | |
| 30-39 years | 3 | |
| 40-49 years | 6 | |
| 50-59 years | 6 | |
| 60-69 years | 3 | |
| 70+ years | 7 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 158 | |
| Female | 89 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 171 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 9 |