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NHS Direct: health information if English is not your language of choice

NHS Direct offers information on a range of topics, including cancer, in different languages. Scroll down and click on 'cancer'' for the information, to locate other languages see left hand column.

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:38]

Breast Cancer Care

Helpline, support and information about breast cancer.
Languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Tel: Freephone number 0808 800 6000
Interpreter service available.
Plus: Audio-tape and booklet, ‘diagnosing and treating breast cancer’ in Urdu.

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:53]

Ovarian Cancer links (16 languages)

A US resource, includes a wide range of leaflets on ovarian cancer; information in sixteen different languages.

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:54]

National Cancer Alliance

A cancer information pack, languages: Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu.
A 23 minute video for South Asian patients and carers about cancer and cancer treatment, and the range of support available.
Languages: English, Gujarati and Hindi
The National Cancer Alliance
PO Box 579, Oxford OX4 1LB
Tel: 0870 770 2648

Link [Last update: 2007-04-19; 12:51]

Cervical Screening - The Facts

Available in paper, online and audio in English, Cantonese, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu. Copies in Braille and also pdf in some other languages. Scroll down to locate.

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:54]

Breast Screening: the facts

Available online in 18 languages.
Designed to ensure that women are told what screening can and cannot achieve, the leaflet includes an explanation about false positive and false negative results, and addresses the need to inform patients about the use made of personal information for audit, as set out in the GMC on confidentiality.

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:54]

Chinese National Healthy Living Centre

Information leaflet on radiotherapy/ cancer in Chinese.

Link [Last update: 2007-04-19; 12:58]

Colorectal & Stoma Care Services, Leicester Royal Infirmary

Booklet about colorectal cancer
Languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi.
Audiotapes: Chemotherapy – treatment for colorectal cancer, Your Ileostomy operation, the
Ileo anal pouch, Your Colostomy operation and Bowel Resection. Languages: Gujarati
Colorectal and Stoma Care Services, Clinic 2, Balmoral Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary,
Leicester
Tel: 0116 258 5294
Booklets and audiotapes are free.

[Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:55]

Kidney Cancer UK

Free leaflet: ‘Have you been affected by kidney cancer'. Languages: Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:53]

Macmillan Cancer Relief

Free helpline providing information and emotional support for people living with
cancer, all provided by trained advisers.
Languages: Link to Language Line to help callers -up to 150 languages. Tel: 0808 808 2020 (freephone number)

Link [Last update: 2007-04-19; 13:00]

Cancer Backup: Chemotherapy fact sheet

Languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Cancer Backup
3 Bath Place
Rivington Street
London EC2A 3JR
Tel: 020 7696 9003
Fax: 020 7696 9002

Link [Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:22]

Cancer Equality

Services are aimed at African, Caribbean, Chinese, South Asian and Refugee Communities.
Please see link for more details and information.

Link [Last update: 2007-04-19; 12:56]

Primrose Oncology Unit, Bedford

A 20 minute video for patients and carers on chemotherapy and radiotherapy available.
Languages: Bengali, Gujarati and Urdu
Primrose Oncology Unit
Kempston Road, Bedford MK42 9DJ
Tel: 01234 795787

[Last update: 2006-10-17; 10:53]

Sargent Cancer Care for Children

Leaflets for children (up to age 21) affected by cancer and their parents about leukaemia, tumour and brain tumour.
Languages: Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati and Welsh. Tel: 0161 610 7150

Link [Last update: 2007-04-19; 13:00]

Asian Language Materials

Provides health professionals with information about cancer in several Asian languages. Also provides links to Asian-language cancer information on other web sites.

Link [Last update: 2007-04-19; 12:57]

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