Resources for More Information: Spanish Language Resources
You can find tips on the internet to help you during and after your cancer treatment. You want to make sure what you are reading is true. OncoLink finds these websites to be up-to-date and reliable.
The websites listed below offer cancer education information in Spanish.
American Cancer Society
Provides web-based cancer education information about cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
https://www.cancer.org/cancer-information-in-other-languages/spanish.html
Cancer Care
Offers free downloadable publications on some disease types, clinical trials, communicating with your healthcare team, children and cancer, coping with cancer, financial issues, and survivorship.
https://www.cancercare.org/publications#!publications_en_espanol
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Offers free, downloadable publications on blood cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, and myeloproliferative disorders) for both adults and children.
Cancer Support Community
Offers free, downloadable publications in Spanish.
https://orders.cancersupportcommunity.org
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Offers free, downloadable publications in Spanish on cancer prevention, healthy living cancer treatment, cancer surveillance data, and caregiving.
https://www.cdc.gov/spanish/cancer/
National Cancer Institute
Offers a limited library of free, downloadable publications in Spanish on topics including clinical trials, coping, cancer treatment, and survivorship. Materials can be downloaded in various formats including to Kindle (eReader), or to smartphone/tablet.
https://www.cancer.gov/espanol/publicaciones/educacion-para-pacientes
LiveSTRONG
Provides free, downloadable survivorship brochure, “What’s Next? Life after cancer treatment.”
Cancer and Careers
Provides information in Spanish about balancing work, cancer treatment and survivorship. Materials are available via mail or free download.
https://www.cancerandcareers.org/es
Patient Advocate Foundation
Offers information on health insurance and navigating financial issues and serious illness. Include a health insurance glossary.
https://www.patientadvocate.org
Young Survivors Coalition
Offers downloadable breast cancer education information targeted at younger women with breast cancer.
https://www.youngsurvival.org/en-espanol
Colon Cancer Alliance
Provides educational information about prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colon cancer.