Survival from bladder cancer in England and Wales up to 2001

Abstract

Approximately 9200 cancers of the urinary bladder are registered in England and Wales each year, of which 6500 in men (8% of all malignancies) and 2700 in women (3%) ( Office for National Statistics, 2003 ). Bladder cancer ranks as the fourth most common in men and ninth in women, and it causes approximately 4300 deaths (2800 in men) a year in England and Wales.