Overview
Finding information can be confusing and overwhelming. You don't have to do it alone. Cancer Connect can help you find information and support you can trust.
Thousands of people from communities across Australia use Cancer Connect each year. You can speak with one of our qualified professionals who can help you find the support that feels comfortable for you, including in your preferred language.
What's on this page
Information from Cancer Council
Cancer Council Australia
Fact sheets and videos in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tagalog, VietnameseCancer Council NSW
Fact sheets in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Tagalog, VietnameseCancer Council SA
Fact sheets in Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Indonesian, Italian, Karen, Lao, Malay, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Shona, Sinhalese, Swahili, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, VietnameseCancer Council Victoria
Fact sheets and videos in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tagalog, VietnameseCancer Council WA
Fact sheets and videos in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese
Information from other organisations
Cancer Institute NSW
Web information on cancer treatment, side effects and staying well in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Maltese, Spanish, VietnameseeviQ Patient information
Fact sheets about cancer treatment and side effects in Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Thai, VietnameseHealth translations
Searchable library of Australian multilingual health and wellbeing informationInformation about types of cancer
Breast Cancer Network Australia
Breast cancer resources in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, VietnameseHead and Neck Cancer Australia
Fact sheets and videos about head and neck cancer in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Thai, VietnameseLung Foundation
Lung cancer booklet in Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Greek, Turkish, VietnameseMyeloma Australia
Myeloma fact sheet in Arabic, Chinese, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Thai, VietnameseProstate Cancer Foundation of Australia
Prostate cancer resources in Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, VietnameseUsing the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National)
You can talk to Cancer Connect in your language through an interpreter. To use a free interpreter:
- call TIS National on 131 450
- say which language you need
- TIS National will try to connect you with an interpreter right away
- tell the interpreter you want to talk to Cancer Council on 13 11 20
- TIS National will connect you and the interpreter with Cancer Council's Cancer Connect service
If TIS National can't find an interpreter right away, they will ask to call you back.
Easy Read fact sheets in English
Easy Read uses pictures and simple sentences to explain topics such as cancer treatment. Many people find Easy Read fact sheets helpful.
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