DHB cyber attack: Some cancer patients yet to be identified
Radiation oncology was totally dependent on technology and hack left it 'in darkness'.
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DHB hack: 'A national crisis' - cancer patients could be sent to Australia
The Government must intervene to protect sick patients, Waikato cancer doctor warns.
Lockdown cancer diagnosis: 'I just broke down and couldn't stop crying'
Tamsyn Cornwall is raising money for bowel cancer patients despite her chemo side-effects.
Sky-high firefighters' fundraiser hauls $1m+ for cancer
The challenge has raised more than $10 million for those in need in the past 17 years.
'They'll die and they'll die young': Cancer sufferer blasts Pharmac funding
"I am beyond not happy, devastated, and angry by what Pharmac has received."
Cancer conwoman's home raided over unpaid fines
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Sunburn so bad they're in the burns ward: Dermatologist says it's the tip of the iceberg
"By not protecting ourselves and our children, we set ourselves up for skin cancers."
Kiri Allan comforted by Jacinda Ardern in hospital
Ardern and Allan's hei tiki, carved from the same stone, were brought together, too.
Consumer NZ urges for sunscreens to be retested after falsified results by AMA Labs
The owner of a US lab pleaded guilty to faking sunscreen results and defrauding consumers.
Covid 19 vaccine developers set sights on cancer
Scientists hope to harness 'game-changing' techniques to defeat our deadliest foes.
Govt unveils 'monumental' new breast and cervical cancer prevention funding
Some $118m will be spent on a number of initiatives to fight breast and cervical cancer.
Govt commits $53m to roll out new HPV self check kit
The new HPV test is a simple and quick swab that women can choose to do themselves.
300,000 more women eligible for free breast scans in $55 million IT upgrade
Another $10m will be spent on scans for those who missed them because of Covid-19.
'Our family is broken': Community rallies to help whānau of teen battling cancer
'Cancer is a horrible thing for your child to get.'
Kiri Allan's cancer battle spurs women to be tested
Surge in tests after Conservation Minister and East Coast MP goes public with her cancer.
Cancer treatment 'screwed up... an absolute disaster'
Litany of misdiagnosis, missed opportunities and mishandled appointments.
'Shameful and criminal' delays for cancer patients
Cancer Society chief horrified as delays are much worse than anyone expected.
MP cops nasty comments during her cancer fight
Labour MP Kiri Allan shared screenshots of the messages on her Twitter page.
'Don't play sick children off against each other'- Children's Commissioner
His comments come after Pharmac is likely to end blanket provision for child cancer drugs.
'Blood on my hands': Pharmac likely to end kids' cancer drug funding
Funding for drugs to help young cancer patients tipped to cease over "inconsistency".
Euthanasia: Are we ready for legalised assisted dying in NZ?
Scarlett Cvitanovich asks if NZ is prepared for a huge medical and legal challenge.
Vitamin D: How important is it for babies?
Low levels of the vitamin can cause respiratory illnesses.
'My last option': Misdiagnosed 28-year-old in the fight of her life
'So painful, it feels like broken glass in my skin.'
Their daughter died of cancer. 15 months later they faced a new fight
Mum Celeste Jones is telling her story to help other Kiwi women.
A husband told to wait 8 weeks for urgent help, a new mum who died at home - the faces we failed
Families left wondering if their loved ones might still be here if they lived elsewhere.
'Finally': Blair Vining's cancer doctor on health system shake-up
Blair Vining, 39, dedicated his last months fighting for better cancer care across NZ.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Māori in fight of our lives against cancer
OPINION: Crisis often reveals how strong we can be when we have to be.
Cancer patient pays $2000 a week to have drug injected
Andrew Speir had to crowd-fund to buy Avastin - now he's paying to have it administered.
Woman battling cancer has to pay $64k for drug: 'They're making money out of me dying'
Heartbreak has turned to anger with the public health system.
Minister's cancer shows we must listen to our bodies
Editorial: It's easy to rationalise symptoms as something else, something less serious.
Nikki Kaye's powerful message after Kiri Allan's shock cancer diagnosis
Jacinda Ardern leads outpouring of support for rising Labour star as she battles cancer.
Kiri Allan encourages wāhine to get smear test after cancer diagnosis
"Please please please #SmearYourMea - it may save your life - and we need you right here."
'Fight of my life begins': Kiri Allan battling stage 3 cancer
'So now the fight of my life begins,' she said in a Facebook post this morning.
Labour MP Kiri Allan praised by Cancer Society - specialists say we need to change our testing
Cancer specialists warn smear tests can make the difference between life and death.