Sir Douglas Myers is spending tens of thousands of dollars every month on chemotherapy drugs, including the new wonder drug Keytruda.

A young woman is "stoked" to be able to farewell her old self, "the cancer patient", after receiving a long awaited breast reconstruction.

John Key has been inspired by a heart-wrenching speech given by a Christchurch student just days after he was diagnosed with cancer.

The Government is set to fund a new drug for melanoma despite a "low priority" ranking by Pharmac, one of its MPs has hinted.

A campaign for state funding of a costly new drug for melanoma has been derailed by a "low priority" ranking at Pharmac.

After a grave cancer diagnosis, a Gisborne woman has delivered her baby boy today.

The new drug, Keytruda, hailed as a historic step forward in the treatment of advanced melanoma, has been given only a low priority for taxpayer funding.

An expectant mother who wed after a grim cancer diagnosis is due to give birth today - and then must travel to Australia without her newborn for treatment.

More than 2500 people from across the country painted the town yellow in a charity walk through the streets of Auckland last night.

Three of the Hastings City Assist team grew beards especially to have them shaved off at the Hastings Night Market, to raise funds for Child Cancer Foundation. Video by Duncan Brown

Richmond Villeran put his stomach pains down to his workouts at the gym. But after a week, and with his stomach growing, he knew something was wrong.

Pigeons are as good as human experts at recognising the signs of breast cancer in tissue samples and mammograms, according to a study.

A test that spots one of the deadliest female cancers with unprecedented accuracy has been developed by scientists.

Inspired by two friends' battles with cancer, an Auckland woman has decided to conquer the country - by bike.

This week's alarming health headlines are about new research showing vegetable oils release toxic chemicals when heated, which cause cancer.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand but a large number of Kiwis are still failing to be sun-smart in the summer months.

7-year-old Kate Diprose loves art and is now a published illustrator.

Emma Crowley was in the shower, shaving her right armpit, when she made the alarming discovery that may have saved her life.

Scientists warn of the dangers of frying food in sunflower oils and corn oil.

New Zealand's breast cancer death rate dropped by 20 per cent in the decade after the start of the national breast screening programme.

One week before senior prizegiving, 18-year-old Jake Bailey was told he might not live to see the day.

Tom McGrath talks about being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Addiction is a word we throw around too readily, sending us on the wrong track like the matters of comparing tobacco and bacon, Paul writes.

Is it time to switch bacon for tomatoes? Scientists have designed disease-fighting tomatoes packed with a 'miracle ingredient' found in red wine.

COMMENT: Yes, TV3 is free to move the current affairs show around the schedules, but 3D is made with taxpayer money, writes Duncan Greive.

Britons should try to avoid bacon, sausages and other cured meats altogether as they are as big a cancer threat as cigarettes, experts have warned.

When Kourtney Ryder experienced lower back pain during her pregnancy doctors put it down to the baby leaning on her spine.

A teen battling a rare form of leukaemia had her wish granted today - meeting her favourite football team.