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Order booklets, audiobooks and leaflets about different cancer types. Find out about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options and how cancer might affect your life.
We have information available in other languages and formats such as audio, Easy Read, British Sign Language, Braille and large print.
Having tests for cancer can be worrying. It can help to know what to expect from tests and screening.
Cancer affects all aspects of your life. We've got information and advice about finances and benefits, work and practical issues. You can order them for when you need them.
There is help if you're coping with the physical or emotional effects of cancer. You can also find information to support people with advanced cancer or at the end of life.
Treatments can be to cure cancer, to control it or to help with symptoms. Understanding how they work will help you to prepare for how they might affect you.
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