Bob and Susan will be completing their cross-country bicycle adventure in order to raise stroke and bladder cancer awareness. Miraculously, God has allowed Bob to be a strong survivor of both.
ABOUT STROKES:
A stroke can happen to anyone at any age. However, some demographic groups have a higher risk. Ethnicity and gender are examples of uncontrollable risk factors.
Women have more strokes than men, yet only 7 out of 10 women are aware of this. Women also suffer greater disability after stroke than men. Here are some more facts that all women should know:
For anyone affected by one of these uncontrollable risk factors, it’s very important to get serious about managing controllable risk factors. Read more about what you can do at www.stroke.org/risk.
ABOUT BLADDER CANCER:
“I never heard of bladder cancer until I was first diagnosed.”
If the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network was given $1 each time that statement was uttered, we would have more than enough money to find the cure.
Over 500,000 people are living with bladder cancer in the United States. Nearly 75,000 people will be diagnosed this year and 15,000 will die. Bladder cancer is the 6th most commonly diagnosed cancer, yet public awareness of the disease is alarmingly low. With so little known in the public about the disease, it is difficult for patients to make informed treatment decisions when they are diagnosed.
Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that begins in your bladder — a balloon-shaped organ in your pelvic area that stores urine. Bladder cancer begins most often in the cells that line the inside of the bladder. Bladder cancer typically affects older adults, though it can occur at any age.
The great majority of bladder cancers are diagnosed at an early stage — when bladder cancer is highly treatable. However, even early-stage bladder cancer is likely to recur. For this reason, bladder cancer survivors often undergo follow-up tests to look for bladder cancer recurrence for years after treatment.
ABOUT STROKES:
A stroke can happen to anyone at any age. However, some demographic groups have a higher risk. Ethnicity and gender are examples of uncontrollable risk factors.
Women have more strokes than men, yet only 7 out of 10 women are aware of this. Women also suffer greater disability after stroke than men. Here are some more facts that all women should know:
- Stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer does every year.
- 425,000 women suffer from a stroke each year—55,000 more than men.
- Only 27 percent of women can name more than two of the six primary stroke symptoms.
For anyone affected by one of these uncontrollable risk factors, it’s very important to get serious about managing controllable risk factors. Read more about what you can do at www.stroke.org/risk.
ABOUT BLADDER CANCER:
“I never heard of bladder cancer until I was first diagnosed.”
If the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network was given $1 each time that statement was uttered, we would have more than enough money to find the cure.
Over 500,000 people are living with bladder cancer in the United States. Nearly 75,000 people will be diagnosed this year and 15,000 will die. Bladder cancer is the 6th most commonly diagnosed cancer, yet public awareness of the disease is alarmingly low. With so little known in the public about the disease, it is difficult for patients to make informed treatment decisions when they are diagnosed.
Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that begins in your bladder — a balloon-shaped organ in your pelvic area that stores urine. Bladder cancer begins most often in the cells that line the inside of the bladder. Bladder cancer typically affects older adults, though it can occur at any age.
The great majority of bladder cancers are diagnosed at an early stage — when bladder cancer is highly treatable. However, even early-stage bladder cancer is likely to recur. For this reason, bladder cancer survivors often undergo follow-up tests to look for bladder cancer recurrence for years after treatment.