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![July marks awareness month for rare cancer Sarcoma](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
July marks awareness month for rare cancer Sarcoma
Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society busy with Daffodil Day prep.
![Māori TV presenter reveals breast cancer battle and her journey to recovery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Māori TV presenter reveals breast cancer battle and her journey to recovery
Peata Melbourne is taking it every day at a time.
![World-first LSD micro-dosing study recruiting late-stage NZ cancer patients](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
World-first LSD micro-dosing study recruiting late-stage NZ cancer patients
Could tiny amounts of LSD help patients as they approach the end of their cancer journeys?
![‘My life has been better’: Auckland mum loses eye to cancer, finds dreams](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
‘My life has been better’: Auckland mum loses eye to cancer, finds dreams
Surgeons had to remove a woman's eye after discovering a mandarin-sized tumour.
!['He was there and he was proud': Butterfly surprise at wedding moves bride to tears](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'He was there and he was proud': Butterfly surprise at wedding moves bride to tears
On the first anniversary of Amy Rose Perry's father’s death, a butterfly landed on her.
![Cancer patients waiting 'too long' for treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cancer patients waiting 'too long' for treatment
Advocates say some breast cancer patients are waiting weeks longer than best practice.
![Grandmother battling cancer told the one drug keeping her alive will no longer be funded](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Grandmother battling cancer told the one drug keeping her alive will no longer be funded
Kiri Carter was given six months, years later she's found out she now has brain cancer.
![Funding to critical research to close gap between Māori and non-Māori cancer deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Funding to critical research to close gap between Māori and non-Māori cancer deaths
Te Oranga Pūkahukahu has received a $5 million fund boost from the Health Research Council
![Avatar, Titanic producer Jon Landau dies at 63](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Avatar, Titanic producer Jon Landau dies at 63
Landau worked with James Cameron on his most successful films for over two decades.
![Discrimination impedes access to breast cancer services, Northland surgeon says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Discrimination impedes access to breast cancer services, Northland surgeon says
Dr Maxine Ronald is the world’s only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon.
![Could this in-season vegetable save your life?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Could this in-season vegetable save your life?
This humble veggie won't just help you see in the dark, it can boost your wellbeing too.
![Greens co-leader Marama Davidson to undergo surgery 'first thing' today](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson to undergo surgery 'first thing' today
“I’m trying my darndest to turn my focus completely to my whānau and whakapapa now."
![System failure: At-risk woman dies from cancer after scans stopped](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
System failure: At-risk woman dies from cancer after scans stopped
Patient had regular scans until 2019 when the surveillance ended.
!['Shocked': How human papillomavirus (HPV) led to a throat cancer diagnosis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Shocked': How human papillomavirus (HPV) led to a throat cancer diagnosis
Graeme Simpson's symptoms included a 'bulge' on his neck and a 'persistent' cough.
!['I want to know': Brain cancer battle leaves teacher's life plans in turmoil](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'I want to know': Brain cancer battle leaves teacher's life plans in turmoil
Maia is awaiting another brain scan to see if the gruelling treatment is working.
!['A void in our house': Father of four dies before Pharmac funding breakthrough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'A void in our house': Father of four dies before Pharmac funding breakthrough
Clark's family collected aluminium cans to sell as scrap for his medicine.
![Dry July: Far North couple who went through cancer journeys at same time speak in support](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dry July: Far North couple who went through cancer journeys at same time speak in support
Far North cancer survivors Steve and Valerie Smith are getting behind Dry July.
![Broadcaster reveals heartbreaking terminal illness at Matariki](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Broadcaster reveals heartbreaking terminal illness at Matariki
'I am unfortunately dying,' Joanna Paul-Robie revealed at a Matariki ceremony.
![How do I tell my children I've been diagnosed with cancer?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
How do I tell my children I've been diagnosed with cancer?
Open communication can help children adjust to a parent’s diagnosis and treatment.
![Months of pain for former hairdresser leads to colorectal cancer diagnosis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Months of pain for former hairdresser leads to colorectal cancer diagnosis
A few years after losing her son to suicide, she noticed fatigue. Then came the diagnosis.
![Government cancer drugs promise could cost New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Government cancer drugs promise could cost New Zealand
The Government has fulfilled its pre-election promise to fund new cancer drugs.