Rick Bangs
Cancer Research Advocacy Leader
2 Podcasts on BackTable
Rick Bangs is the host of the Bladder Cancer Matters Podcast.
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Episode # 199 • 12 Nov 2024
Addressing Isolation & The Psychosocial Needs of Penile Cancer Patients
with Rob Cornes, Rick Bangs, Dr. Ben Aryes
How do you care for patients with penile cancer? As urologists, we’re trained to think about diagnosis and treatment, but how can we help manage the psychological impacts of penile cancer? In this episode of BackTable Urology, host Dr. Ben Ayres, a urologic oncologist specializing in penile cancer, discusses the unique psychological challenges faced by penile cancer patients with bladder cancer survivor Dr. Rick Bangs and nurse Rob Cornes.
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About
Rick Bangs, MBA/PMP, is the host of BCAN’s popular Bladder Cancer Matters podcast. He is a survivor of muscle invasive bladder cancer, the proud owner of a 2006 model year neobladder, and a prostate cancer survivor. He has worked as a patient advocate in a variety of roles, including research advocacy, government lobbying, educational support, support groups, one-on-one support, and fundraising.
He serves as the Bladder and Penile Cancer Patient Advocate for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a CPRIT advocate reviewer, and as a Patient Advocate on ASCO and AUA Guideline Panels. He was the former chair of the SWOG patient advocate committee, SWOG bladder cancer patient advocate, co-chair of the NCI patient advocate steering committee, NCI cancer care delivery research steering committee patient advocate, and NCI genitourinary cancer steering committee patient advocate. He also Stand Up to Cancer including the associated NCI Epigenetics SPORE. He is a retired Marketing and IT professional.
Rick has his Master of Business Administration in Marketing, Finance and Accounting from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and his Bachelor of Science, Chemistry and Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
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