OpinionAmy Robens: Gynaecological cancer myths are stumbling blocksTalking about gynaecological cancer is hardly dinner table conversation, but it should be, writes Amy Robens.17 Nov 04:50 AM
LifestyleExperts: Live with low-risk cancerAs debate over prostate screening rages, ministry is behind push to let men decide for themselves.12 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionMartin JohnstonGraeme Woodside: Prostate cancer - too many men diagnosed lateProstate Cancer is the number one cancer among NZ men, but sadly, too few men really take seriously the relatively high chance of developing this disease.12 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleVictims lobby for 'breakthrough' drugNew melanoma treatment Keytruda has Government marketing nod but it is yet to get funding.12 Nov 08:10 AM
LifestyleHow far would you go for cancer treatment?A Kiwi breast cancer patient shares her story of travelling as far as Germany in order to receive lifesaving treatment.11 Nov 07:25 PM
OpinionMelanoma NZ: Access to effective therapies vitalCOMMENT: Melanoma incidence and death rates remain a serious health issue in New Zealand.11 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestylePatient: System sends have-nots home to dieMelanoma patient Leisa Renwick is appalled that New Zealand has developed separate health systems for those who can afford treatments and those who can't.11 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleDrug lets grandpa tick off bucket listMore than a year after he stopped taking a "game-changer" medicine for advanced melanoma, Bob Hill feels so good he is preparing for a half-marathon.11 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleCancer - the cost of a life: Lung cancer treatment 'frustrating'Stigma of smoking contributes to the poor-relation status of disease.11 Nov 07:28 AM
New ZealandThe Cost of a Life: Leisa's storyLeisa Renwick, who has melanoma, tells of how she is raising money to pay for necessary medicine.Watch11 Nov 01:41 AM
OpinionChris Atkinson: Lung cancer lacks profile of other cancersLung cancer also occurs in non-smokers who then also suffer the stigma that "they must have brought the cancer on themselves", writes Chris Atkinson.10 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleFoundation to fight for lung cancerNo charities specifically focus on lung cancer. But that is set to change from today with the launch of the Lung Foundation.10 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleTrial offers light in tunnelRichard Boughtwood is one of the lucky ones - if anyone with lung cancer can be considered lucky.10 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleTackling 'offensive' stigma of diseaseLung cancer patient John Ashton wants to challenge the stigma around the disease, which experts believe contributes to delayed diagnosis.10 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandThe Cost of a life: Richard’s storyRichard Boughtwood, who has lung cancer, tells of how life is looking more hopeful since he started taking a new medicine on a clinical trialWatch10 Nov 02:38 AM
LifestyleCancer survivor thanks wife for pressure to go privateIvan Burrowes has his wife Sue to thank for making him go private for a cancer check when his local public hospital said he would have to wait two years longer than usual.09 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleFamily keeps father battlingAdam Kelliher glances at the pictures of his children taped to his work computer screen as he describes how he has struggled against the tumours slowly growing within him.09 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleBowel cancer: Early checks can save livesEarly detection can boost your odds against bowel cancer but NZ's short supply of diagnostic firepower may be frustrating Kiwis' efforts to help themselves.09 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionMary Bradley: The health crisis that receives too little attentionFour times as many New Zealanders are killed by bowel cancer every year - 1,200 - than die on our roads, writes Mary Bradley.09 Nov 04:00 PM
New Zealand The Cost of a life: Adam’s storyAdam Kelliher tells of his struggle to survive bowel cancerWatch09 Nov 01:59 AM
OpinionEvangelia Henderson: Kiwi women are missing out on cancer drugsCOMMENT: New Zealand spends less per capita on healthcare than Australia, and that's not good enough, writes Evangelia Henderson08 Nov 06:45 PM
Lifestyle'My story might not have ended happily'Emma Crowley was in the shower, shaving her right armpit, when she made the alarming discovery that may have saved her life.08 Nov 06:36 PM
LifestyleCancer: Are poor being sent home to die?The number of Kiwis with cancer is rising - as is the number of desperate patients who have resorted to asking strangers to help pay for expensive treatments.08 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleBreast cancer risks high for NZ womenNew Zealand's breast cancer death rate dropped by 20 per cent in the decade after the start of the national breast screening programme.08 Nov 04:00 PM
Lifestyle'I don't want to die unnecessarily early'Tracey Eising fears the latest surge of her breast cancer will overcome her, unless a sea of cash can be found to pay for a new medicine.08 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandDeath toll could be 700 lower – cancer chiefHear John Loof, of the Cancer Society, explain that 700 fewer people would die of cancer each year in New Zealand if our cancer death rate was the same as Australia’s.Watch06 Nov 02:15 AM
New ZealandThe Cost of a Life: Tracey’s journeyWe sit down with Tracey Eising who tells of the breast cancer that has been with her for nine years and how without state funding she can’t afford the one remaining medicines that could help her once her current drugs fail.Watch05 Nov 10:47 PM
New ZealandThe Cost of a Life: Tom's storyTom McGrath talks about being diagnosed with prostate cancer.Watch04 Nov 12:32 AM
