A Sunderland man in his 60s was left anxious and depressed as his limited English meant he knew he'd been diagnosed with cancer, but wasn't even sure what kind of cancer he had.
But thanks to the support of a pioneering project at the Sunderland Bangladeshi International Centre (SBIC), he has been supported to vital appointments and helped to understand what he is going through. Somsu Miah - who now knows he has prostate cancer - came to England from Myanmar.
He doesn't speak much English and has no family in this country. But thanks to a project - supported by £200,000 in funding from Macmillan Cancer Support - at the SBIC to increase cancer awareness among ethnic minority groups he has been helped through an incredibly difficult time.
