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.

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.

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Read more about the symptoms and treatment here

Read more about the symptoms and treatment of bladder cancer

Why choose the NKI Bladder Cancer Center?

  • Rapid diagnostics

    We excel in making a quick diagnosis and setting up a treatment plan. We offer many different treatment options.

  • Appropriate care

    We offer the most appropriate care for all types of bladder cancer.

  • Expertise

    We offer the most appropriate care for all types of bladder cancer.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

Nuclear medicine physicians

Pathologists

Radiologists

Radiation oncologists

Urologists

Nurse specialists

Nurses with a wound stoma

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.

Read more about making an appointment or second opinion here