English cancer information and help
Find our cancer support services and get free information in English.
Using the Macmillan Support Line in your language
You can speak to the Macmillan Support Line team in your language. Call 0808 808 00 00 and tell us, in English, the language you need. We may need to ask you for your contact details so an interpreter can call you back. You may want to ask a friend or family member to help you with giving this information.
Cancer and coronavirus
Signs and symptoms of cancer
If you are diagnosed with cancer
Types of cancer
- Breast cancer - fact sheet [PDF]
- Bowel cancer - fact sheet [PDF]
- Lung cancer - fact sheet [PDF]
- Prostate cancer - fact sheet [PDF]
Treatment for cancer
- Chemotherapy [PDF]
- Radiotherapy [PDF]
- Side effects of cancer treatment [PDF]
- Surgery [PDF]
- Sepsis and cancer [PDF]
Living with cancer
- Claiming benefits when you have cancer [PDF]
- Help with costs when you have cancer [PDF]
- Eating problems and cancer [PDF]
- Tiredness (fatigue) and cancer [PDF]
- Healthy eating [PDF]
End of life
Chat online in your language
You can ask for an interpreter for our web chat service. You can access the web chat service from the web chat icon in the bottom right corner of your screen.
Send us a web chat message in English saying you would like an interpreter and in what language. Our chat service is open 8am to 8pm 7 days a week, and we will get someone to contact you.
Help us to improve our translations
Get in touch by email if you have any comments or suggestions about how we can improve our translations. Your feedback is important to us: cancerinformationteam@macmillan.org.uk.