The NHS outlines that the main symptom of bladder ca.nc.er is blood in your urine – something which survivors have spoken out about to w.a.rn others to take such a symptom seriously should they experience it themselves too.

Back in 2018, the likes of Arthur Hamberger, M.D., saw some blood in his urine, describing the colour as ‘the slightest shade of pink you can imagine’.

The symptom itself only happened once but, as a doctor and three-time ca.nc.er survivor, he knew not to ignore it and soon contacted a urologist and underwent a CT urogram, which is a scan of the urinary tract to check for disease.

“It showed I had a fairly large tumour in my bladder and a mass in my pancreas,” Arthur, who was 73 at the time of his bladder cancer diagnosis, recalled to MD Anderson Cancer Center.

It’s a good thing that Arthur, who is now a six-time cancer survivor, didn’t ignore that early symptom of bladder cancer, as his doctor was able to remove his tumour while keeping his bladder intact. Additionally, he also had surgery to remove the pancreatic ca.nc.er.

‘It was just a little blood’

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