Our Work

We have four main strands to our work:

  • Improving outcomes for bladder cancer patients
  • Improving research into bladder cancer
  • Improving patient support
  • Raising awareness of bladder cancer and the symptoms

What we do

We are working to improve outcomes for bladder cancer patients by:

  • Raising awareness of the signs and symptoms among the public so they seek advice sooner
  • Health professional ABC UK Education Programme
  • Improving the treatment and management of bladder cancer to increase patient survival rates in line with that achieved for other common cancers

We are working to improve research into bladder cancer by:

  • Identifying the key research priorities
  • Encouraging, contributing to and funding research
  • Improving research data and statistics

We are working to improve patient support through:

  • Our high quality information materials and resources library
  • Actively increasing the number of bladder cancer patient support groups across the UK
  • Providing advice and support to both new and existing groups and helping to bring groups together
  • Helping to give bladder cancer patients a voice
You can read about some of our work in the ABC UK November 2023 Update: ABC UK Our Work Update Nov 2023.pdf

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New treatment for advanced bladder cancer approved by NICE 21/08/2025

Action Bladder Cancer UK are pleased that NICE have approved a new treatment for use within the NHS in England and Wales.  Enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab (EVP) will be available for use in treating patients with untreated unresectable (cancer which cannot be completely ...

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