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Dad told the cancerous lump on cheek was a tooth abscess. Now he's dying
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Brave mum hides breast cancer to support her family
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Sweet Louise pulls services due to lack of funding
Charity supporting women with incurable breast cancer needs more financial support.
Defying cancer for Xmas: Radical treatment keeping killer disease at bay
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Bunnings slammed in parody ad for selling product banned abroad
Bunnings has been targeted for stocking a product seeped in global controversy.
Family heartbreak: Young sisters diagnosed with same cancer months apart
The diagnosis follows one of the pair's daughter's own childhood battle with cancer.
Auckland mum's rare cancer diagnosis after losing child in driveway tragedy
Sophia Perera is hoping on hope to have more time with her young daughter, Augustina.
Pathologist gets funding boost for cancer research
It is one of five new research grants Canterbury and West Coast DHBs have received.
Cancer Society calls for mandatory sunscreen tests after Consumer NZ investigation
Five sunscreens fail to provide claimed sun protection in latest Consumer NZ testing.
Labour's Phil Twyford takes leave from Parliament
The minister will work remotely after his wife was diagnosed with cancer.
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Inequity in cancer care at every turn for Māori
'Māori are 20 per cent more likely to get cancer and twice as likely to die of cancer.'
Scientists kill cancer cells with ground-breaking DNA-altering treatment
Technology can physically cut the DNA in cancerous cells, scientist says.
Top of the tower: Broadcaster's speedy dash to top of Auckland's Sky Tower
Heather du Plessis-Allan has smashed it in her climb up the Sky Tower.
Sell-out of Queenstown 'sugar bowl' chairs to lift local charities
The $150 sugar bowl chairs were sold within hours on Friday morning.
'We are heartbroken': Emotional tribute from Grace Millane family after death of dad
Grace Millane's father, David, died earlier this week after a battle with cancer.
Second tragedy for Grace Millane's family - her father David has died
The father of murdered backpacker Grace Millane's father has died of cancer in the UK.
Deadly truth about woman's itchy arm
She thought nothing of it. Months later, her world was turned upside down.
'Like a death sentence': This cancer kills 500 Kiwis a year but new trial offers hope
"It felt like a death sentence. I didn't feel like I had a future to look forward to."
Woman dying of brain cancer begs for MIQ spot for sister
A Wairarapa woman is begging the government to make an exception on emergency grounds.
'Tears of joy': One wedding and a funeral - parents marry the day they buried teen daughter
Parents buried their daughter, then surprised mourners with their marriage ceremony.