Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards instruct health care facilities to be responsive to the cultural and linguistic needs of patients and that facilities make reasonable attempts to bridge the communication gap in explaining health care treatment options.

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The Spanish language section of CancerHelp solves the problem of minimal cancer patient education materials for Spanish-speaking persons. CancerHelp contains over 2,000 pages of information in Spanish at both the patient and medical professional level including treatment, diagnosis, and supportive care/side effect information.

CancerHelp also contains the full text of NCI’s brochures in Spanish, as well as a listing of national cancer-related organizations.