Smokers are in denial that their habit causes lung cancer and they should be offered tests that show their personal risk, a researcher says.

Cancer survivor Sam Struthers says that victory was nothing compared with surviving this week's earthquake.

An investigation is under way after a cancer sufferer was given blood with traces of malaria.

The fifty-year epidemic of lung cancer which has claimed at least one million lives in Britain may have peaked among women, figures show.

A Bay of Plenty woman who said her doctor failed to diagnose her breast cancer has died. Caro Galloway said she was repeatedly persuaded against having a lump removed. The incident is the subject of a Health and Disability complaint.

Adults who drank plenty of the free milk supplied at schools when they were young have a reduced risk of bowel cancer, a study has found.

Michael Douglas hasn’t forgiven the doctors who failed to spot his throat cancer.

Catherine Zeta-Jones burst into tears when she heard Michael Douglas' tumour had disappeared.

The Cancer Society is concerned for the safety of patients who are being denied chemotherapy because of a shortage of doctors.

TVNZ newsreader Peter Williams will take on the Port of Tauranga half-ironman in January... and it's for a good cause.