These publications provide details about support and services provided by Cancer Council WA.
Publications and resources for people affected by cancer
We have available free evidence based cancer publications and resources for all people affected by cancer.
Our publications and resources are intended to complement information provided by health care teams and it is recommended that people always check with their health care providers before making decisions on cancer treatment and care.
How to obtain copiesFor individual copies, online versions of the publications and resources can be viewed or downloaded, see categories listed below. Alternatively you can call 13 11 20 to request copies. To order multiple copies, please download and complete our 'bulk order form'. For information on details we collect please see our privacy collection statement. |
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Accommodation for regional patients
This brochure provides information about our two self-catering accommodation lodges in Perth for regional patients and their carers.
Cancer Council 13 11 20 bookmark
This bookmark is a useful reference for Cancer Council 13 11 20 services and is designed for individuals, organisations and community groups.
Cancer information and support services
Cancer Council Western Australia understands that cancer can have a major impact on you as well as your family. This brochure is designed as a guide to information and support services available through the Cancer Council.

Cancer support groups
Cancer support groups bring people together who have been affected by cancer including carers and family members. Joining a local cancer support group can provide you with the opportunity to meet and talk to others who share or understand your experience of cancer and to discuss ways of coping with the challenges of life after a cancer diagnosis.
Counselling services
If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer, you may find it helpful to talk with a professional counsellor who has experience in dealing with cancer related issues. This brochure provides information on counselling services available through the Cancer Council.

Dot's Place - Peel cancer support centre
Our Peel cancer support centre in Mandurah - locally known as Dot's Place. This brochure outlines the many services available at Dot's place, through your local Peel Cancer Council Support Coordinator, that can help you and your family through your cancer journey.
Dot's Place - South West cancer support centre
Our South West cancer support centre in Bunbury - locally known as Dot's Place. This brochure outlines the many services available at Dot's place, through your local Bunbury Cancer Council Support Coordinator, that can help you and your family through your cancer journey.

Life now (yoga, meditation and exercise)
Patient information you can trust flyer
List of Cancer council booklets for people affected by cancer.
Regional cancer support services
Your regional cancer support coordinator is a health professional who can connect you, your family and friends to Cancer Council WA and community services available in your area. Contact your Regional Cancer Support Co-ordinator directly or call our Cancer Council 13 11 20 to learn more.
Welcome to Cancer Council WA booklet
This 12 page booklet contains information about Cancer Council WA including the ways in which we fight cancer and how your donation will make an impact.
Wig service
Our Wig Service has an extensive range of wigs, turbans, beanies and scarves in a range of styles and colours. You may borrow a wig or product for as long as you like, and exchange it as many times as you need. A range of turbans and scarves are also available for loan. This brochure provides information on the Cancer Council Wig Services and Products by Post.
If you access other Cancer Council websites through the guides - please return back to the Cancer Council WA website for information on services and support in WA.
Guides to Best Cancer Care
A lot can happen in a hurry when you’re diagnosed with cancer. These guides can help you make sense of what should happen. They will help you with what questions to ask your health professionals to make sure you receive the best care at every step.
Anal cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about anal cancer.
Bladder cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about bladder cancer.
Bowel cancer
This booklet is to help you understand more about bowel cancer (colon or rectal).
Brain tumours
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about brain and spinal cord tumours. It provides information about both non-cancerous (benign) and cancerous (malignant) tumours which are diagnosed and treated similarly.
Breast cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about early breast cancer, how it is diagnosed and treated.
Cancer of the unknown primary
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about cancer of unknown primary.
Cervical cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about cancer of the cervix.
Head and neck cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about head and neck cancer, a general term for cancers in the mouth, nose and throat areas.
Kidney cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about kidney cancer and renal cell carcinoma.
Liver cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about cancer that affects the liver.
Lung cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about lung cancer.
Melanoma
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about melanoma.
Mesothelioma
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about Mesothelioma.
Ovarian cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about ovarian cancer.
Pancreatic cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about cancer of the pancreas.
Primary bone cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about primary bone cancer, also known as bone sarcoma.
Prostate cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about prostate cancer.
Skin cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you learn more about the two most common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Stomach and oesophageal cancers
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about stomach and oesophageal cancers.
Testicular cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about testicular cancer.
Thyroid cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about thyroid cancer.
Uterus cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about cancer of the uterus.
Vulvar and vaginal cancers
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about two rare gynaecological diseases: cancer of the vulva and cancer of the vagina.
Chemotherapy
Topics include 'what is chemotherapy?', managing side effects, making treatment decisions and supportive care.
Complementary therapies
Sometimes called natural therapies, complementary therapies may offer you physical, emotional and spiritual support, reduced side effects from medical treatment and improved quality of life.
Palliative care
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about palliative care for people affected by cancer.
Radiation therapy
This booklet answers questions about radiotherapy, why and how it is used, possible side effects and special issues and supportive care.
Surgery
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about surgery, one of the main treatments for cancer.
Breast prostheses and reconstruction
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about breast prostheses and reconstruction.
Clinical trials and research
This booklet aims to help you make an informed decision about participating in cancer research, covering general information about the different types and how you can get involved in a clinical trial or research.
Facing end of life
This booklet is for people dying with cancer and their families and friends.
Fertility and cancer
This booklet answers many common questions about fertilty issues and suggests ways to bring up this topic with your medical team.
Living with advanced cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about cancer that has spread from its original (primary) site or has come back (recurred).
Overcoming cancer pain
This booklet will give you useful information to help understand pain and manage it with different treatments.
Sexuality, intimacy and cancer
This booklet is for people with cancer and their partners. it aims to help you:understand and deal with the ways cancer and its treatment may affect your sexuality.
Cancer information on the internet
People who have been diagnosed with cancer often begin a search for information using the internet. This brochure can assist with your search for information about cancer on the internet.
Cancer in the school community
Cancer in the School Community is a resource for public and private school staff members who would like to better support students, parents and colleagues with cancer.

Talking to kids about cancer
This resource covers information to help you talk to children throughout the cancer journey, from breaking the news about a cancer diagnosis to coping with life after treatment.
Caring for someone with cancer
This booklet is for people who are caring for someone with cancer, including information on common emotional reactions, other carers' experiences, caring for yourself, asking others for help, how relationships change, communication, advanced cancer, death and grieving and support and information
Emotions and cancer
This booklet provides practical tips about how to talk to others about your diagnosis, your treatment and how you're feeling. You'll find some suggestions for working together to adjust to these challenges.
Understanding grief
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about your grief when someone close to you has died from cancer.
Arm & shoulder exercises after surgery - a guide for people who have had breast cancer surgery
This poster describes how to perform arm and shoulder exercises after surgery for breast cancer. The exercises aim to gradually improve the movement of your arm and shoulder and help get you back to your usual activities.
Exercise for people living with cancer
This booklet aims to provide information about the benefits exercise may have during and after cancer treatments.
Exercise for people living with cancer videos
This link takes you to Vimeo where you can view 22 different exercises. These videos are produced by Cancer Council NSW.

Life Now Exercise and Nutrition DVD – staying well during and after cancer
This series of videos:
- will help you understand the importance of exercise during and after cancer treatment
- provide information about the clinical recommendation about exercise for people with cancer
- includes easy exercises that you can do at home and quick and easy recipe ideas
Life Now Meditation and Relaxation CD
Life Now Meditation and Relaxation CD introduces people affected by cancer to a number of simple meditation techniques to help decrease stress and bring about a calmer mind. Listen to the benefits from an experienced Life Now meditation facilitator and hear how meditation has helped others cope with cancer.
Life Now audio series
Downloadable audio tracks from the five Life Now audio series: Cancer and sexuality; Communication; Life after cancer treatment; Meditation and relaxation; Eating well and keeping active.
Living well after cancer
This booklet is for people who have finished active treatment for cancer, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It is about the emotional,physical and practical and social challenges that you may face now that treatment is over.
Nutrition and cancer
This booklet has been prepared to help you understand more about nutrition and dietary requirements during and after your cancer treatment.
Cancer and your finances
Many people diagnosed with cancer worry how they will manage their finances. You may have health-related expenses and incur specialist fees; costs related to transport, accommodation, child care or complementary therapies. Cancer may mean a loss of income if you have to take time off work.
Cancer care and your rights
This booklet is for people starting their journey through the health care system after a cancer diagnosis. Knowing what you can reasonably expect of the health care system and your treatment team can help you work in partnership with your health care providers and take an active role in your care.
Cancer, work and you
Cancer, work and you is a practical resource for employees and self-employed people with cancer, and working carers. It contains information about how cancer can affect your ability to work.
Legal, financial or work issue?
The Cancer Council Pro Bono Program can help if you or someone in your family has cancer, and need workplace, financial or legal advice. For eligible clients, professional assistance is free if you pass a means test.
Anal cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about anal cancer.
Changes in thinking and memory
This fact sheet may help you understand more about changes some people experience. It provides
suggestions about how to manage your day-to-day tasks and improve thinking and memory.
Fatigue and cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about fatigue, a common side effect of cancer and cancer treatments. We hope this fact sheet will help you, your family and friends understand what fatigue is and how it can be managed.
Dealing with debts
This fact sheet provides information for people who are having trouble paying their debts. For general information on managing your finances during and after cancer, see Cancer Council’s booklet Cancer
and Your Finances.
Employment and cancer
This fact sheet answers some common questions people have about their rights at work. It explains
the laws that apply to most Australian employees, (except some state and local government employees and employees of partnerships).
Hair loss
Hair loss can be a side effect of many treatments and it is only natural to be concerned and to want to know if anything can be done about it.
Immunotherapy
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about immunotherapy treatment for people affected by cancer.
Lymphoedema
This fact sheet is a guide for those affected by Lymphoedema.
Mouth health and cancer treatment
Oral complications are common in patients receiving chemotherapy or undergoing radiation therapy to the head or neck area. Topics include, side effects, long term complications, pre-treatment prevention and mouth care during treatment.
Peripheral neuropathy and cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about the nerve condition known as peripheral neuropathy, which sometimes happens because of cancer or cancer treatment.
Primary bone cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about primary bone cancer, also known as bone sarcoma.
Questions to ask your doctor
This fact sheet is written as a guide for asking the doctor questions to help better understand your treatment and care plan.
Secondary bone cancer
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about secondary bone cancer. It includes basic information about how secondary bone cancer is diagnosed and treated.
Targeted therapy
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about targeted therapy, a treatment offered to some people with cancer. We hope this fact sheet will help you, your family and friends understand what targeted therapy is and how it may help treat cancer.
Taste and smell changes
This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about the possible side effects of cancer treatments on your experience of eating.
What happens to debts after death
Many people worry about what will happen to their debts after they die. Often they are concerned that their family members will be responsible for paying off what they owe.
This fact sheet explains what happens to debts after a person dies.
This information is for people who have finished treatment for cancer, such as surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.
On the road to recovery - English
On the road to recovery - Arabic
On the road to recovery - Cantonese
On the road to recovery - Greek
On the road to recovery - Italian
On the road to recovery - Mandarin
On the road to recovery - Vietnamese
On the road to recovery - Tagalog
On the road to recovery - Hindi
This link takes you to a variety of resources specifically for Aboriginal people.