When partners, policymakers and patient advocates gathered at the Ordem dos Médicos in Portugal on September 10, 2026 to launch the second phase of ECHoS, our Executive Director, Alex Filicevas, was among the voices in the room there to make sure patients community remains at the centre of Europe’s response to cancer. Alex took part as Chair of the WECAN Foundation, the European network of cancer patient advocacy organisations that WBCPC is proud to belong to.
Someone notices blood in their urine. They tell themselves it is probably nothing, and they wait. For too many people, that wait is the difference between catching bladder cancer early and catching it too late.
Each May, Bladder Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) brings our global community together to change that. Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, yet one of the most overlooked. With 1.9 million people living with bladder cancer and 614,298 people newly diagnosed each year,
Together with partners from across Europe, we gathered on September 4, 2026, in Budapest for the annual consortium meeting of BCLEAR: Bladder Cancer Literacy for All: Advancing Knowledge and Care in Europe. A full day of discussion gave the consortium the chance to review our progress and agree the next steps for our shared work.
Co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by the European Association of Urology (EAU),
Our bladder cancer treatment factsheets are now available in Arabic. This brings clear, trusted information to Arabic-speaking patients, survivors and carers around the world.
The factsheets cover two types of bladder cancer:
A bladder cancer diagnosis can be hard to take in, and treatment choices are not always easy to understand. These factsheets explain the essentials simply,
We have just launched a new printable schedule to help you keep track of your BCG treatment for bladder cancer, all on two simple pages. It gives you and your care team one clear place to note every session and every check-up, so nothing slips through the cracks. Print it, keep it handy, and bring it to each appointment. That is all there is to it.
Here is why it helps.
