About cancer screening and the different types of cancer
If you are worried you have a symptom which could be cancer you should contact your GP. It is probably nothing serious, but if it is cancer, finding it early makes it easier to treat and can save lives.
Cancer related Easy Reads
The government The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much tax people should pay for things and how things like the National Health Service should work. and NHS have made lots of Easy Read guides to help you learn more about cancer screening and the different types of cancer.
If something in your body does not feel right, speak to your doctor (Easy Read).
How to use this advice tool (Easy Read)
We have made Easy Read instructions on how to use this tool to find the things you want to know about.
Read the instructionsGynaecological cancer Easy Reads
The Eve Appeal charity have made two Easy Reads about gynaecological cancers (womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal cancer). They are:
- Information about Human papillomavirus (HPV)
- The cervical cancer screening test (sometimes called a smear test)
Videos about cancer and cancer screening tests
About the cervical screening test
In this video, as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week in January, Ciara, who has a learning disability A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. , tells us about when she had a cervical screening test.
How to do the bowel cancer screening test
Watch this Cancer Research Research is a way of finding out information which could come from books, or asking people what they think. UK video to find out how to do the test including how to collect the sample and what happens after the test.