Cancer signs: Over 55% of people asked do not recognise urine colour change - ‘worrying'

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Cancer Research UK, only around 10,292 people are diagnosed with the disease every year. Despite this, over five and a half thousand people lose their lives from the condition and only just under half of patients survive for more than 10 years whilst just under half of all cases are preventable.

Notwithstanding its rarity, people should remain aware of the symptoms it causes as it can develop at any time. One of these signs can appear when someone goes to the toilet and should act as a warning sign that they need to get checked. READ MORE: Robin Williams' widow found out the name of her 'husband's killer'The sign in question is one over half of those surveyed said they did not know was a sign of the condition: a change in the colour of their urine or the presence of blood in their urine.

The data from this survey, taken by the European Association of Eurology (EAU) highlights how low the awareness is of bladder cancer, particularly in Europe although the same cannot be ruled out for UK patients as well.

Furthermore, the survey findings also revealed that 75 percent of participants do not always check their urine for a change in colour and 22 percent never checked their urine at all.