Margaret Smith was told last week she was too ill to receive a liver transplant.

Bagged your shirt for a bargain? Lee Suckling says it's all kinds of wrong.

We survivors should embrace our second chance. But that's not how it is for some of us.

Professor and breast surgeon claims women need to reduce frequency of dyeing their hair.

A pilot at Nelson Hospital is seeing scalp cooling being tested by breast cancer patients

After a horrific reaction to chemotherapy, Nikki was left unable to walk, talk or eat.

An NZ study aims to crack an enduring mystery surrounding cancer - what makes it spread.

Angelina Jolie's doctor has recommended her top ten tips to reduce the risk.

A new pilot programme will explore a chemo-first option for some breast cancer patients.

People are trying to beat cancer with alternative medicine, and are dying in the process.

New NZ research could help realise the powerful promise of a new type of cancer treatment.

Star Trek's disease-scanning "tricorder" could soon become reality with a new Kiwi study.

Can dogs detect lung cancer? A new Kiwi study seeks to get some answers.

A former All Black captain is hopping on his bike to raise awareness of prostate cancer.

A premature baby delivered while her mother was in a coma has died after just 12 days.

It took a cancer diagnosis for this woman to realise she needed to end her marriage.

Heartbroken dad has today revealed he kept her body at home for 24 hours after she died.

Police visit cancer-stricken detective to tell him Red Fox Tavern cold case re-opened.

After learning she had terminal cancer, there was one heartbreaking thing she had to do.

Kiwi scientists have captured the birth of a new gene in real-time evolution experiments.

Drive from London to Kolkata in a Mini, check. Start his own business in his 20s, check.

They first met aged 11 but a devastating diagnosis cut his wife's life short.

Visiting Nobel Prize winner Dr Bruce Beutler transformed the field of immunology.

Breast cancer drug Ibrance is now available in New Zealand but at an eye-watering cost

From see-through fabric to sagging, 10 signs your knickers are beyond twisted.

Her symptoms looked like cancer. It took years to figure out what was really wrong.

What you need to know when it comes to checking for melanoma.

A new smartphone app could dramatically improve rates of diagnosis for one type of cancer.

Kiwi scientists have found an unexpected role played by so-called 'natural killer' cells.

The short film is about Kosta, who died aged 8, from a brain tumour.