Until I had doctors remove my breasts and rebuild them again, I was a feminist who never saw herself as particularly feminine, writes Lizzie Stark.

When half of Nick White's tongue was removed because of cancer, he was worried he would never talk again. He never dreamed that five years later, he would be in demand for public speaking.

Every ski run is an act of raw go-it-alone courage.

The only thing 5-year-old Sienna Malaitai wanted for Christmas this year was to win her battle with cancer. She got her wish.

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.

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.

The Cancer Society wants smoking banned by next year at Auckland's publicly owned outdoor dining areas.

Doctors question if an already stretched workforce can cope with the govt's ambitious target to treat every cancer patient within two months.

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.

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

A woman accused of using an online fundraising site to rip off nearly $20,000 has missed another court appearance due to her "very complex" medical issues.

Andrew Little says he has been clear of cancer for four years after a fluke test caught the disease at an early stage.

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.

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.

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