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Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.

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New feature - profile completeness gauge

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Greetings from TeamInspire! I'm your friendly neighborhood designer, here to tell you about some new features.

You might notice that today we revamped your member homepage - https://www.inspire.com/member-home.pl In response to feedback we've gotten we’ve moved the "New in your groups" and "New from your friends" sections to the left, and expanded the number of new posts you can see per group to twenty. (Soon we'll be making those posts be the most recently active posts just like the group homepages).

Along with this you'll probably also notice a bar on the right labeled "Your profile," that says "x of 8 complete." This is the new feature that'll let you track how much of your profile you've completed. Why complete your profile? A complete profile helps connect you to people who have similar interests, experiences, and conditions - and you have complete control over your privacy.

What makes your profile complete?

* Join some groups
* Add a photo
* Add some interests
* Share your story
* Tell us what inspires you
* Inspire others
* Start your journal
* Add your favorite links

Hope you like the changes, and keep the feedback coming!

Related links from BCAN

Researchers are looking for bladder cancer survivors to complete a telephone survey. Click here for more information.

Newly diagnosed
Information for those newly diagnosed with bladder cancer from BCAN.

Bladder Cancer Basics for the Newly Diagnosed
Download or order a copy of BCAN's patient handbook "Bladder Cancer Basics for the Newly Diagnosed" free of charge.

Clinical trials
Get information about clinical trials and BCAN's Clinical Trials Matching Service which is offered at no charge.

Women and bladder cancer
Information about women and bladder cancer from BCAN.

BCAN's glossary (PDF)

BCAN's November Patient Forum in San Francisco
"Understanding Bladder Cancer: A BCAN Patient Forum"
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, November 7, 2009
9:30 am - 2:30 pm
The forum and lunch are free, but pre-registration is required at www.bcan.org or 888-901-BCAN

Presentations from BCAN's May 2009 Patient Forum
Presentations and slides from BCAN's most recent Patient Forum in Cleveland. Those diagnosed with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer will be most interested in Dr. Jones' and Dr Pohar's presentations. People diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will be most interested in Dr. Gong and Dr. Gilligan's presentations. Dr. Campbell talks about improving outcomes in bladder cancer patients, and Dr. Hansel talks about the importance of pathology in diagnosing, staging, and deciding on treatment for each patient.

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