When her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in November, Abbey Looker decided she couldn't walk down the aisle with anyone but him.

Cancer treatment could be transformed by a landmark project to read the DNA of thousands of men, women and children.

Reading an iPad or a Kindle before bed instead of a printed book can cause sleep deprivation and increase the risk of cancer, scientists say.

"I will see you there." Martin Crowe's words about the upcoming World Cup are among the most uplifting any fan will read this festive season.

Kiwis with cancer die from the disease sooner than Australian cancer patients, research shows, with some of the larger survival gaps in lung, liver and ovarian cancer.

Bowel cancer survivor Trisha Cooney can see no reason the Government can't immediately start creating a national screening programme to expand early detection of the disease.

Young breast cancer survivors can boost their chance of remaining cancer-free by inducing artificial menopause, a major Australian-led study has found.

Ciara Maher is thrilled that shaving her head for bowel cancer has raised over $2400 in under a week.

Kaitaia business owner Cliff Colquhoun is in his seventh week of chemotherapy and radiation treatment for throat cancer.

After a hellish battle with cancer, the mother of Manu Bennett's three children was beaming on the "Green Carpet" for this week's world premiere of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies in London.

When Theo and Laken Archer were born six weeks early they were found to have heart murmurs that were problematic but treatable.

Larisa Van Zyl doesn't sweat the small stuff these days. The South African-born Kiwi feels it isn't worth it and, with what she has been through, you can understand that.

A stranger’s stem cells were used to treat Hannah Partos’s leukaemia. One day, she would like to meet him. But what do you say to someone who has saved your life?

A group of New Zealand and Australian mothers of children with cancer are using an alternative treatment to stave off the disease.

He did a Superman dive onto his bed the day he died - family mourns teen Charles Tareha, who refused to let cancer define him.

An artist has redrawn classic animated ladies as breast cancer survivors in a bid to raise awareness for those battling the disease.

Ciara Maher's waist-length brown hair has grown uncut for at least six years - but now the 14-year-old Howick College student intends to have it all shaved off.

Scott Dixon has had his fair share of battles on the road to winning three IndyCar crowns and an Indianapolis 500 title.

A failed Australian biotechnology developer's cervical cancer screening technology has been resurrected by an Auckland company that will list on the New Zealand sharemarket this week.

A drug derived from sea sponges extends the life of women with an especially aggressive form of breast cancer by almost five months.

Terminal cancer sufferer Brittany Maynard, who has previously spoken of her right to die, has ended her own life.

Why do Australians survive breast cancer more than Kiwis? Why is the mortality rate for Maori 65 per cent higher? Researchers are on the verge of the answers.

NZ cricket legend Martin Crowe is in the fight of his life. His cancer has returned, and he is now seriously ill.