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4 July 2022. Engaging in Advocacy, EVENTS

EAU Patient Day session on bladder cancer

WBCPC community leads the bladder cancer session on EAU Patient Day at the European Association of Urology Congress 2022.

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4 July 2022. Engaging in Advocacy, NEWS

Bladder Cancer Special Interest Group: The importance of the patient voice

The European Association of Urology Nurses invited WBCPC to showcase how bladder cancer patient voice can help drive improvements in their care.

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23 June 2022. Building Community, NEWS

Creation of a poster to raise awareness about bladder cancer signs and symptoms in France

Lori Cirefice Board of Directors for the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition, and Patient Coalition Delegate with Cancer Vessie France – Les Zuros shares the development of an awareness poster about the sign and symptoms of bladder cancer:

“ Creating the awareness-raising poster was a great learning experience for us. In the end, we were very satisfied with the visual impact of the poster, and our social media campaign was a great success.
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20 June 2022. NEWS, Raising Awareness

World Continence Week 2022

 World Continence Week aims to raise awareness and challenge the stigma and taboo of talking about continence.

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16 June 2022. EVENTS, Raising Awareness

All.Can Summit 2022 – Taking actions: implementing efficiency in cancer care globally

Two Day Summit saw WBCPC President join a panel on Supporting Healthcare Professionals

“ It is important to demonstrate early on the value and the right of patients to have a seat at the table. We need patient organisations represented whenever and wherever healthcare professionals are meeting for training, especially at medical congresses and their panels.
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13 June 2022. Building Community, NEWS

Leven met blaas- of nierkanker joins WBCPC community

WBCPC welcomes to the coalition the Dutch patient group supporting people affected by bladder cancer and kidney cancer.

“ Strong patient-led organisations, providing support, information and advocating on behalf of bladder cancer patients are the backbone of the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition. We are thrilled to welcome LMBNK to our international community to further strengthen and support each other, inspire bladder cancer patient advocates around the world and make leaps forward together to improve the lives of people affected by bladder cancer.
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9 June 2022. Building Community, NEWS

WBCPC would like to thank you for having shared your embarrassing moments with us!

Bladder Cancer Awareness Month is over, and we would like to thank every one of you who has helped us raise awareness this year!

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7 June 2022. Building Community, Engaging in Advocacy, NEWS

Uro-H-Advisor, a system that indicates where to treat bladder cancer in Italy

PaLiNUro has developed an application to guide people in choosing the most competent, effective, and humane hospital for their bladder cancer treatment in Italy.

“ For some time our goal was to have a sort of “TripAdvisor” of hospitals for the treatment of bladder cancer and now that the platform is a reality, the goal is to populate it with all the experiences, evaluations and unquestionable judgments of the patient themselves
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2 June 2022. Building Community, EVENTS, Raising Awareness

Inaugural meeting sees the launch of Bladder Cancer India

Celebrating the beginning towards great bladder cancer patient support and care in India.

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31 May 2022. NEWS, Raising Awareness

Celebrating World No Tobacco Day 2022
#TobaccoExposed campaign aims to bring awareness to harmful impact of tobacco on people and the planet
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