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Four booklets, Reduce Your Cancer Risk, Understanding and Living with Cancer, After Treatment - Physical Wellbeing and After Treatment - Emotional Wellbeing, have been published in Gujarati.
All are free (with no postage costs) and can be ordered individually or in bulk (for health professionals). Reduce Your Cancer Risk is also available below as a free download.
This leaflet is targeted at everyone who is interested in reducing the risk of cancer. The leaflet:
• outlines what cancer is
• covers general aspects of lifestyle, health screening and body awareness
• is based on national health promotion guidelines.
The booklet is divided into two sections with one half in Gujarati text and a flip side which has an English translation.
This leaflet was produced in partnership with Cancer Equality and Wandsworth Primary Care Trust, and is relevant across the UK.
Click here to order the booklet.
There
is also a free pdf version of the booklet - click
here to download it. If you don't have the Adobe Reader, please click
on the Adobe button.
This booklet is for everyone who has been affected by cancer. It aims to provide practical and clear information outlining:
• what cancer is
• the different treatments for cancer (surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy)
• general details about living with cancer, including nutritional aspects.
The booklet is divided into two sections with one half in Gujarati text and a flip side which has an English translation.
The booklet was produced as part of the Cancer Resource Centre's Asian Information and Outreach Project in partnership with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Cancer Equality. It is relevant across the UK.
Click here to order.
This booklet is a guide written to provide information for people who have finished, or are about to finish treatment for primary cancer and focuses on the physical adjustments following finishing treatment.
Topics covered include day to day activities, work or study, exercise and body awareness and healthy eating.
The 56 page booklet is divided into two sections with one half in Gujarati text and a flip side which has an English translation.
The booklet was produced in partnership with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and it is relevant across the UK.
We are also extremely grateful to Macmillan Cancer Support and the Department of Health for their continued financial support for the project.
Click here to order.
This booklet is a guide to provide information for people who have finished, or about to finish treatment for primary cancer and focuses on the emotional impact following finishing treatment and tools for self support.
Topics include sleeping well, sexual difficulties, emotional and psychological adjustments, coping with anxiety and the use of complementary therapies.
The 40 page booklet is divided into two sections with one half in Gujarati text and a flip side which has an English translation.
The booklet was produced in partnership with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and it is relevant across the UK.
Click here to order.
If you have any questions about the publications, please contact Bridget Cambridge at the Centre on (020) 7924 3924 or email her.
To find out more about the Centre's BME Cancer Information and Outreach Project, click here.