News that Colorado football coach Deion Sanders, also known as Prime Time, was diagnosed with bladder cancer is bringing a lot more attention to the disease.

Dr. Amar Singh, Chair & Medical Director for the Department of Urology at the Chattanooga College of Medicine & Erlanger Health says "most people don't even think about it. [you don't] hear about it until it affects you, and when it affects you at individual level, it's devastating.”

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men. The rates are even higher in our area.

Dr. Singh says “If you look in 100-mile radius, we have one of the highest tobacco use. And tobacco and bladder cancer are linked because it's a carcinogenic model, or cancer-causing model.”

Blood in the urine is one of the most common symptoms to look for i

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