Treatment that can double bladder cancer survival rates available to 1,000 patients in England

In England, 18,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year. Photograph: Javier LARREA/Alamy

More than 1,000 patients living with bladder cancer in England will be eligible for a treatment which can double survival rates from the disease.

In England, 18,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year, and only about 10% of people with stage 4 bladder cancer will survive five years or more after they are diagnosed.