Bladder Cancer Center
At the NKI Bladder Cancer Centre, you will receive the best possible care for bladder cancer. We specialize in all forms of bladder cancer and perform most bladder cancer surgeries in the Netherlands. You will be treated according to the latest scientific insights, with access to innovative treatment methods and ongoing research.
In addition to medical care, we offer personal guidance, such as support for a stoma, psychological care, help with quitting smoking and guidance through the Center for Quality of Life.
As one of the three core hospitals within the Bladder Cancer Network, we work closely with sixteen hospitals in North Holland, Flevoland and the north of South Holland. In this way, we combine our knowledge and experience to offer patients with (muscle-invasive) bladder cancer the highest quality of care.
In addition, we pay a lot of attention to the prevention of skin cancer and the early detection of suspicious conditions in clients with an increased risk of skin cancer. We do this at the AVL Center for Early Diagnostics.
What can you expect?
First appointment
80% of our patients are seen within one week.
We offer rapid diagnosis in case of (suspected) bladder cancer. All examinations necessary to arrive at a diagnosis will then take place as much as possible in one day.
Read more about the preparation and your first appointment
Team meeting
Once all the results of the diagnostic phase are known, your situation will be discussed in a multidisciplinary meeting. This is a consultation with a group of specialists who specialize in skin cancer and melanoma. They will discuss which treatment is best for you.
Conversation about the treatment plan
Additional examinations may take place between your first outpatient clinic visit and first diagnosis. Your treatment will be discussed with all the specialists involved and they will coordinate the treatment plan with you.
Treatment
On average, you will be treated within:
Surgical treatment: <56 days
Treatment with medication: <14 days
Aftercare
We offer a lot of supportive care through the Center for Quality of Life.
Why choose the NKI Bladder Cancer Center?
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Rapid diagnostics
We excel in making a quick diagnosis and setting up a treatment plan. We offer many different treatment options.
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Appropriate care
We offer the most appropriate care for all types of bladder cancer.
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Expertise
We offer the most appropriate care for all types of bladder cancer.
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Research and care under one roof
That is why you will always be treated according to the latest insights. There are several options for participating in clinical trials.
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Tailor-made advice
You will receive tailor-made advice from a multidisciplinary treatment team (urologist, nurse specialist, oncologist, radiotherapist, pathologist, nuclear medicine specialist, (interventional) radiologist and wound stoma nurse).
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Support
We offer a lot of supportive care. There are experienced wound and stoma nurses. You can get psychological counselling, physiotherapy and help with quitting smoking through the Centre for Quality of Life.
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Treatment team
Our specialists specialize in bladder cancer. We work together with academic hospitals in the region. We share our knowledge and train future medical specialists. Your situation will be discussed in a multidisciplinary meeting. Then we will look at which treatment is best for you. Your doctor will discuss this plan with you.
At the Netherlands Cancer Institute, we think it is important that you have a say in your treatment. You are an equal discussion partner for us.
Internists
Your treatment team
In addition to being a hospital, the Netherlands Cancer Institute is also a renowned research institute in the field of cancer. Every day, 700 passionate researchers work on a better understanding of cancer and how we can cure it. We also do research on bladder cancer. We call these clinical studies or trials.
We also participate in DUOS. This is a multidisciplinary study group for bladder cancer studies, among other things.
Whether you can participate in such a study depends on many things. Do you have any questions about this? Please feel free to contact your doctor or nurse specialist.
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