Cancer information in many languages

We understand that finding information in your language matters

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. 

Call Cancer Connect Call our free and confidential service on 13 11 20
Find an interpreter Contact The Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450

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, Vietnamese
Cancer Council NSW Fact sheets in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Cancer 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, Vietnamese
Cancer Council Victoria Fact sheets and videos in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Cancer 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, Vietnamese
eviQ Patient information Fact sheets about cancer treatment and side effects in Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
Health translations Searchable library of Australian multilingual health and wellbeing information

Information about types of cancer

Breast Cancer Network Australia Breast cancer resources in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese
Head and Neck Cancer Australia Fact sheets and videos about head and neck cancer in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese
Lung Foundation Lung cancer booklet in Arabic, Assyrian, Chinese, Greek, Turkish, Vietnamese
Myeloma Australia Myeloma fact sheet in Arabic, Chinese, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Prostate cancer resources in Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Vietnamese

Using the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National)

You can talk to Cancer Connect in your language through an interpreter. To use a free interpreter:

  1. call TIS National on 131 450
  2. say which language you need
  3. TIS National will try to connect you with an interpreter right away
  4. tell the interpreter you want to talk to Cancer Council on 13 11 20
  5. TIS National will connect you and the interpreter with Cancer Council's Cancer Connect service
Call TIS National

 

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.

Go to Easy Read

 

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