We work with our partners, locally and nationally, to source patient information about cancer in a range of languages, information in Easy Read for people with learning disabilities and resources for British Sign Language users.

This is not an exhaustive list and we will continue to add to it. If you have any suggestions for useful patient leaflets for this list, then please email england.kmcanceralliance@nhs.net
 

Macmillan Cancer Support produces a range of information in languages other than English, and offers an interpreter service for its Macmillan Support Line.

Resources include:

  • cancer and coronavirus
  • signs and symptoms of cancer
  • types of cancer
  • treatment of cancer
  • living with cancer
  • end of life.

 

Languages are available in:

  • Polish
  • Punjabi
  • Chinese
  • Russian
  • Bengali
  • Romanian
  • Portuguese
  • Arabic
  • Urdu
  • Gujarati
  • Welsh including English

 

Cancer information in your language - Macmillan Cancer Support.

The British Deaf Association has videos in British Sign language on bowel, pancreatic and prostate cancer HEALTH & WELLBEING 

 

Using your Bowel Cancer Screening Kit is a range of NHS subtitled videos available on Vimeo. The short animation explains how to use your bowel cancer screening kit. Subtitles are available in

  • English
  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese (simplified and traditional)
  • Farsi
  • Gujarati
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Urdu.

A British Sign Language version is also available.


Translations of the invitation leaflet and the colonoscopy leaflet for bowel cancer screening are available in:

  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Farsi
  • Gujarati
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Chinese (simplified and traditional)
  • Urdu.

 

Our neighbouring Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also had the bowel cancer screening information leaflet and the colonoscopy leaflet translated into Nepali.

Translations of the breast screening invitation leaflet are available in:

  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Chinese (simplified and traditional)
  • Urdu.

Our neighbouring Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also translated the leaflet into Nepali.

Breast screening invitation - helping you decide/Nepali

Cervical Screening – Helping You Decide are translated leaflets available from Public Health England.

The leaflets are available to download in the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese (simplified and traditional)
  • Gurati
  • French
  • Polish
  • Portugese
  • Punjabi
  • Urdu.


Our neighbouring Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance has also translated this leaflet into Nepali.

Cervical screening invitation - helping you decide/Nepali 

Ovarian cancer translated materials - Support in other languages | Ovacome

includes

  • Punjabi
  • Gujarati
  • Bengali
  • Urdu
  • Polish
  • Arabic.

Prostate Cancer UK has put together a list of publications about prostate cancer that have been translated into non-English languages.  Prostate Cancer UK Information in other languages

It includes:

  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Urdu
  • Welsh, as well as English. .

Easy Read

Bowel Screening: easy guide is a leaflet about bowel cancer screening, developed by and for people with learning disabilities available on the government website

Prostate Cancer UK has an Easy Read booklet `My Prostate: what changes should I look out for?’ It uses pictures and easy words to explain how to spot a prostate problem

Macmillan Cancer Support has a number of Easy read leaflets including:

Ansar Projects have created a series of accessible resources to support people with a learning disability to know their body.

The resources include  accessible breast and testicular cancer information packs, self-checking cards, and information on what to expect if you notice a change.
 

Feedback: Something wrong or missing?

If you spot any errors on this page, did not find what you are looking for here, or have any feedback about using this website, please email our team  at england.kmcanceralliance@nhs.net