21 November 2024. NEWS, Raising Awareness

Advocating for patient rights in Latin America

A conversation at the World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum 2024 explored patient rights in Latin America, addressing challenges and strategies for improving access to care and support for bladder cancer patients.

Advocating for the rights of bladder cancer patients in Latin America is essential to ensure equitable and high quality healthcare. Many patients face barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment, and it is our duty to raise awareness and advocate for better policies so that every patient receives the care they need.
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17 November 2024. NEWS, Raising Awareness

Bladder Cancer in Latin America: A call for action by Dr Mario Fernández at the World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum

Session summary highlights the rising burden of bladder cancer in Latin America and the urgent need to address healthcare gaps, environmental risks, and strengthen patient advocacy.

The increasing burden of bladder cancer in Latin America requires immediate attention. By strengthening healthcare systems, investing in research, and empowering patient advocacy, we can make a lasting difference.
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6 November 2024. Building Community, NEWS

Newly established CANVES joins WBCPC community

WBCPC welcomes the first and only bladder cancer patient organisation in Spain as a member organisation to our international coalition.

At CANVES, our goal is to offer a safe space for bladder cancer patients in Spain, providing them with emotional, practical, and medical support. Joining the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition allows us to strengthen our efforts and be part of a larger community focused on improving care for patients.
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2 November 2024. NEWS, Raising Awareness

Sharing 5 unique stories of women with bladder cancer

Through these personal stories of lived experiences, we aim to highlight the unique challenges women with bladder cancer face, inspire others, create a community, advocate for better healthcare outcomes, and support women globally.

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30 October 2024. NEWS, Raising Awareness

Understanding TURBT: new patient factsheet available

Download the factsheet to help understand the TURBT treatment and what it means.

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24 October 2024. Building Community, NEWS

WBCPC Annual Report 2023

Explore the WBCPC Annual Report showcasing our activities and impact throughout 2023.

We are proud to celebrate our fifth anniversary as a coalition, reflecting on how far we have come together. What began as a vision to unite patient organisations globally has grown into a diverse network spanning six continents. Our focus remains to ensure that bladder cancer patients and their loved ones have access to the best care, information, and support, no matter where they live.
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23 October 2024. Building Community, EVENTS

WBCPC Presents at the SIU Congress in New Delhi

We joined the leading international urology congress to present our patient data and connect with urologists from around the world.

Every year, the Société Internationale d’Urologie welcomes WBCPC to their annual congress, where we connect with many expert and trainee urologists to introduce our network of bladder cancer patient organisations, share our resources and encourage them to contribute to patient advocacy.
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18 October 2024. Building Community, EVENTS

World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum 2024 – Strengthening bladder cancer advocacy and collaboration

The second day of the World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum 2024 focused on collaboration between our member organisations and patient advocates, fostering discussions on improving global awareness, patient care, and the future of bladder cancer advocacy.

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17 October 2024. Building Community, EVENTS

World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum 2024 – bringing bladder cancer advocacy to the Forefront

The first day of the World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum 2024 highlighted the growing need for bladder cancer advocacy, shared patient group success stories, and discussed the latest scientific research progress.

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13 October 2024. NEWS, Raising Awareness

Understanding Bladder Cancer: new factsheet available

Discover our new decision-aid tool for people diagnosed with bladder cancer and treating urologists and oncologists.

If you are a physician or a patient advocate or patient support organisation – we encourage you to download, print or guide your bladder cancer patient community to the resource online. If you need this resource in your language – please get in touch with us via email listed at the end of this article.
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