Half of patients who are diagnosed with cancer in Britain today will be "cured'', according to the authors of landmark new research.

A teen from terminal cancer, whose fundraising campaign has been backed by a host of celebrities, has seen his condition improve after "coughing up a tumour".

The death rate from cancer has fallen over the past 25 years, but lung cancer will overtake breast cancer as the biggest killer among women within the next few years, said leading experts.

A Fijiian cancer sufferer and her family will spend a week at a luxury holiday resort thanks to the generosity of a Kiwi family that was forced to cancel their own dream holiday.

Labour will roll out a nationwide bowel cancer screening programme within three years if it is elected, leader David Cunliffe announced this afternoon.

Lili Reynolds began her day getting treatment for cancer and dreaming of meeting a princess.

Older women underestimate their risk of developing breast cancer, new research shows.

Melanoma researchers have made an important finding in how cancer cells use energy, which they hope will help drug makers pick up the disease's resistance to certain medicines.

Troy Korewha was only three weeks old when his father died of cancer, but his dad's absence still weighs heavily on his mind.

Her tea towel designs have raised a quarter of a million dollars for Starship. Not bad for a 17-year-old. Suzanne McFadden meets Ruby Seeto, cancer survivor and one-of-a-kind teenage entrepreneur.

When surgeons proposed amputating part of Renata Muunu-Te Tane's left leg to eradicate cancer, his parents were understandably shocked - but another shock was yet to come.

There were tears at a Dunedin private school yesterday as principal Melissa Bell, who last year recovered from aggressive breast cancer, announced her resignation.

The no-makeup-selfie hashtag that went viral in the UK has arrived in New Zealand, with at least one cancer organisation riding on the coat-tails of its success.

A woman who died of cancer this week had volunteered with the Breast Cancer Foundation without telling people about her condition. Jenna Slaven, 27, was farewelled yesterday in Auckland.

Young cancer survivor Samir Azizi has learned so much about his disease he plans to be an oncologist. At just 11, he is already being asked by hospital staff to explain procedures to young patients.

The mother of a little girl who died of cancer is pleading for the return of jewellery crafted in her memory.

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly claimed her son had cancer in order to dupe fundraisers and use money she was given to visit Disneyland.

The early detection of 129 bowel cancer cases in a pilot screening programme makes a compelling case for an urgent nationwide roll-out.

Overweight women are more likely to get ovarian cancer than their thinner counterparts, researchers say.

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a school that suspended two students because they refused to remove bracelets promoting breast cancer awareness.

Seven members of the Breakers basketball team braved a shave as part of the Shave for a Cure campaign.

Each morning, I glimpse reminders of my breast cancer in the bathroom mirror, writes Jane Phare.

A bowel-screening trial has detected cancer early in 129 people - many of whom had no symptoms.

MasterChef NZ judge Josh Emett remembers that as a young boy, his sun protection amounted to pulling on a pair of shorts and running around half-naked during the summer months.

A young woman battling aggressive brain cancer has given birth to a baby girl.

Thousands of people face cold heads this autumn as they shave their hair off in support of those suffering from blood cancers.

Pictures from the wedding of Vivian-Leigh Fittall and Jack Waller.