The median age for receiving a bladder cancer diagnosis is 73, and a significant number of those living with the disease are in their 70s and 80s.
Rachel Sauer | 
June 01, 2022
University of Colorado Cancer Center member Janet Kukreja, MD, assistant professor of urology in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is taking part in this weekend’s Walk to End Bladder Cancer along with her office staff, fellow physicians, and even some of her patients. For this year’s “virtual” event, hosted by the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network to kick off Bladder Cancer Awareness Month in May, participants walk in their own cities at their own pace, sharing their progress with others around the country.
Greg Glasgow | May 06, 2022
Patient Care Bladder Cancer Cancer
“Have you ever had a dream when you wake up and everything is just kind of vibrating? It doesn’t make any sense but it kind of points the way?” asks Fort Collins artist and musician, Shelley Kerr.
Cancer Center | July 16, 2020
University of Colorado Cancer Center led clinical trial data show that a predictive tool called COXEN may show which bladder cancer patients will respond to pre-surgical chemotherapy, a step towards allowing doctors to offer such chemotherapy to patients likely to respond, while moving more efficiently to other treatment options with patients unlikely to benefit. Results will be presented Monday, June 3 at 8:00am as oral abstract at the 2019 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (ASCO abstract #4506).
Cancer Center | June 01, 2019
KDVR
March 28, 2023
While the majority of colorectal cancer cases are still in people over the age of 65, experts said more and more young people are now being diagnosed.
Cancer Health
March 20, 2023
An innovative cell squeezing technology showed great promise in a phase I trial against certain head and neck cancers.
Denver 7
March 16, 2023
Swati Patel, MD, MS, discusses younger people being diagnosed with colon cancer at nearly twice the rate than in 1995.
CPR
March 15, 2023
Doctors increasingly see people contracting colon cancer before the recommended screening age of 45.
