Bowel cancer screening age won't be dropped, despite expert advice
Lowering the screening age 'risks setting back progress', the ministry concluded.
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Broadcaster Kevin Milne reveals cancer battle
"There's nothing like waiting for your Gleason score to sharpen your focus."
Māori 50 per cent more likely to die from Covid-19, says new study
Findings show why Māori will likely have a significantly higher Covid-19 death rate.
Chadwick Boseman's selfless acts revealed
The star hid his cancer battle but fans will remember him for his generosity.
Chadwick Boseman visited terminally ill children while fighting his own cancer battle
The photos have re-emerged now people know Boseman was fighting his own cancer battle.
Father of five with lung cancer given home detention
Northlander would have gone to jail for driving offences had it not been for cancer.
Up in smoke: Cigarette sales plunge by almost 200 million a year
About 2132 million cigarettes were sold last year - 193 million fewer than 2018.
Auckland Daffodil Day cancelled, Cancer Society needs help
Lockdown restrictions have put paid to the annual street collection in the Super City.
Cancer sufferer who fought for Pharmac funding dies
A woman who moved to Australia to get cancer treatment Kadcyla for free has died.
GP fails to tell patient he had skin cancer for five years
Patient later suffered low vision, numbness and discomfort.
'He lived how he died': Niece's paragliding journey to understand uncle
Ashley Williams' uncle with cancer took his life in 2010. Her film Going Home remembers.
'Patients will die': Fears over colonoscopy delays
Bowel Cancer NZ says Covid's return will worsen already dangerous backlogs.
'I thought I was giving birth to baby Jesus': Doctor tells virgin she is pregnant
A woman has 2.5kg cyst removed after being misdiagnosed as heavily pregnant.
Wanted: Powered site for one couple, six cats in caravan
A Rotorua couple is wondering where to go after "we evicted the cats, not them".
'Everyone made her feel special': Kiwi girl with cancer treated to school ball
Otago Boys' High student Eli Ellison knew he found the perfect date to his school's ball.
Christchurch Mayor's husband dies after battle with cancer
The husband of the Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has died at aged 69.
Hundreds of cancer cases went undiagnosed during lockdown
"Since lockdown lifted we have seen a major ramping up of cancer service."
'Truth has come out': Toddler dies after hospital's critical failure
Toddler's death has implications for emergency departments nationwide, a coroner says.
In lockdown he was having a red wine by 11am. So he signed up for Dry July
Luke Farr raised more than $6000 in the challenge, the second highest in the country.
Sisters receive cancer news just days apart
The sisters performed on stage as the Nolans, and now they're facing cancer together.
Aussies outlive Kiwis, new research shows
Dr Samantha Murton said it is 'a significant concern' gap shows Kiwis are disadvantaged.
'Shocking': Major ethnic inequalities in breast reconstruction surgery
Minority patients are missing out on better quality of life and happiness after cancer.
'Scary': Viewer spots TV reporter's potentially deadly growth
"I will forever be thankful to the woman who went out of her way to email me."
Infertility in NZ: Heartache and hope on the IVF frontline
Infertility affects one in eight of us. But happy endings can be found.
Young dad told he has an STI, turns out it's cancer
Patient tells doctors there's no way it's an STI, but he wasn't believed.
'I've finally died': Bride's Facebook post shocks
She left loved ones gobsmacked when she posted a Facebook message hours after her death.
New cord bank in NZ: Ground-breaking or waste of money?
New cord bank promises to help safeguard children against 100 diseases.
Hair-raising skydive raises money for cancer support group
Jake Komen's efforts to raise money for cancer support went into free-fall yesterday.
Deregistered doctor's 'miracle' cancer cure is still for sale
A 'miracle liquid' cure for cancer is still for sale despite it being merely bleach water.
Journalist Genevieve Westcott to be farewelled in Hawke's Bay
'She was really just selfless. She was so strong all the way to the end.'
Farmer's upsetting diagnosis after shrugging off headaches
Otago man hasn't been given a positive prognosis, but he is set out to "prove them wrong".
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington hospital
Supreme Court Justice underwent a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Deadly error: Man died after two doctors failed to communicate about his cancer
Man had to go to a third doctor to get tumour removed.
Man suffers bowel injury after treatment. ACC offer him a bucket
ACC declines man with bowel injury a vehicle with toilet facilities.