Women using IVF are a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer, the biggest study of fertility treatment in the world has discovered.

Experts believe the number of moles someone has on their right arm is an indication of their chances of skin cancer.

Funnyman and stoner icon Tommy Chong is undergoing surgery to remove a tumour in his rectum in the hope it will end his painful battle with cancer.

System under fire as hundreds of cancer patients put on Job Seeker Hardship while they are getting treatment.

A NZ girl who travelled to the United Kingdom to undergo lifesaving surgery, only to be told she had cancer, has been given the all-clear.

A Tauranga man has dyed his beard an outrageous shade of pink in support of October's Pink Ribbon Street Appeal for breast cancer.

Since Kamya Ghose had a mastectomy she is designing mastectomy bras tailored for a younger customer after having problems herself underwear shopping.

Comedian Urzila Carlson was 20 when she was diagnosed with kidney cancer.

Many researchers now believe old-fashioned cheap drugs will provide the next big breakthrough in cancer treatment.

From the windows of their whitewashed school, Preignac's 300 nursery and primary pupils look over the verdant vineyards of Sauternes.

Women could be offered new treatments to prevent breast cancer returning following a crucial discovery by scientists.

Helena McAlpine's funeral will be held tomorrow at the St James Theatre on Lorne St in Auckland.

As he prepares to bury his soulmate, Chris Barton celebrates the legacy of his brave wife, Helena McAlpine.

Jackie Collins' daughter has been given the all-clear after also battling breast cancer.

32-year-old Auckland doctor Jared Noel had terminal cancer and had just one wish before he died - to meet his first child, his to-be-born daughter.

A 21-year-old has died of cervical cancer after symptoms were dismissed as growing pains by doctors.

Cancer is as much a part of my life as grocery shopping. I'm not cured but I'm not dying, writes Whitney Archer.

An Auckland teen living with the side-effects of a brain tumour has been chosen as the face of hope by a cancer charity.

In trials Keytruda was shown to be twice as effective as chemotherapy, halting and even shrinking tumour growth.

A young girl who is suffering from cancer was treated to a special birthday party at Auckland's Ronald McDonald House this morning.

Friends and workmates are rallying around a cop and young mum, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer after previously surviving melanoma.

Kiwi twins fighting a rare cancer will tomorrow celebrate the first birthday their parents feared they would never see.

Cancer treatments could be more effective when they are combined with aspirin, a British study has suggested.

A Chinese entrepreneur who suffers from cancer will make a generous $10 million donation towards research into the deadly disease.

My catch phrase is, "I'm not one to gossip, but ... " because that's what people always say to me.

Skyla was excited to start school this year. Instead she's undergoing 45 days of radiotherapy treatment at Starship Hospital.

It's a breakthrough which could lead to new treatments and even reverse tumour growth.

An editorial in the Herald states that the value of the screening pilot needs proving and that the pilot "is not going as well as expected".