New study appears to shed more light on the harmful effects of smoking while pregnant using 4D ultrasound scans to detect the tiny movements made by foetus in the womb.

After a heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis for newborn Southland identical twin girls the community has raised close to $30,000 for the grieving parents.

Colleen Curtis, 76, successfully beat uterine cancer while her best friend, Jan Skelton, 74, has lost friends and family to various forms of the disease.

New research has identified potential early treatments for deadly genetic cancers, removing the need for drastic preventative surgery.

Plain packaging for cigarettes made smokers more likely to quit in the year after it was introduced, the most comprehensive research on the legislation to date shows.

It's a cause that is close to Georgia's heart, as her mother died of cancer when Georgia was just 6-years-old. Her father also succumbed to the disease when she was 10.

In 2012, Liron Rosin was 8 when he was diagnosed with an inoperable liver cancer rare in children.

World champion shotputter Valerie Adams is paying tribute to her grandmother's courage fighting cancer, saying it is inspiring her to stay on top of the world.

Australian men have a higher chance of dying from prostate cancer than Americans and Canadians, a new study shows.

A Christchurch start-up is developing a radiation-free breast cancer screening system that will perform better in hard-to-diagnose cases.

Cancer boredom-buster Gabby Devine is celebrating her 13th birthday today by giving presents to 100 fellow child cancer patients in hospitals around the country.

New British research linking hormone replacement therapy to ovarian cancer has caused Australian women to become concerned about the treatment, health experts say.

But it was when he was playing chess and couldn't reach out for the chess pieces, in September 2013, that she knew something was horribly wrong.

Research into how breast milk is produced could help in the search for a breast cancer cure.

A little-known condition called cachexia, which affects people with life-threatening conditions, can cause avoidable misery and strife.

The Government is being lobbied to bring the tobacco plain-packaging bill back to Parliament for a final vote.

Isaac Young's parents could not believe a small lump on their young son's leg was melanoma. The resulting biopsies, surgeries and skin graft are more than any child should have to endure.

Blueberries. Green tea. Tomatoes. And, oh, that cruciferous cauliflower. All make the lists of super foods that might help prevent cancer.

A couple of close calls prove life is a series of tests, writes Steve Braunias.

Tiago Pinheiro may only have months to live now his cancer has returned so the little boy's parents have turned to controversial alternative therapies.

A world-leading melanoma expert is warning Kiwis not to rely on a raft of new smartphone apps that claim to detect the potentially deadly skin cancer.

What causes cancer? This deceptively simple question has a devilishly complex answer, writes Darren Saunders.

Researchers have come up with the first precise risk estimates of people developing stomach cancer if they have inherited certain gene mutations.

Researchers have developed the Lung Cancer Indicator Detection device to detect chemical traces in breath which indicate a patient may have cancer.

A businessman is preparing to have a hysterectomy after doctors discovered he was born with a womb.

The parents of twins battling a rare cancer have been given new hope for their babies' future.

Aucklander Kiri Speirs lost her daughter to cancer three years ago. She describes how a stray cat called Charlie became her unlikely source of comfort.

Today is World Cancer Day. The theme for 2015 is Not Beyond Us, writes Dr Graeme Jarvis.