Colleen Curtis, 76, successfully beat uterine cancer while her best friend, Jan Skelton, 74, has lost friends and family to various forms of the disease.

New research has identified potential early treatments for deadly genetic cancers, removing the need for drastic preventative surgery.

Plain packaging for cigarettes made smokers more likely to quit in the year after it was introduced, the most comprehensive research on the legislation to date shows.

It's a cause that is close to Georgia's heart, as her mother died of cancer when Georgia was just 6-years-old. Her father also succumbed to the disease when she was 10.

In 2012, Liron Rosin was 8 when he was diagnosed with an inoperable liver cancer rare in children.

World champion shotputter Valerie Adams is paying tribute to her grandmother's courage fighting cancer, saying it is inspiring her to stay on top of the world.

Thousands of angry customers who bought healthy living app The Whole Pantry are now demanding their money back.

As a documentary-maker, Leanne Pooley had seen what serious illnesses can do. Now she is the patient. Here, she tells what happened when she was diagnosed with cancer and what it has taught her.

Cancer boredom-buster Gabby Devine is celebrating her 13th birthday today by giving presents to 100 fellow child cancer patients in hospitals around the country.

New British research linking hormone replacement therapy to ovarian cancer has caused Australian women to become concerned about the treatment, health experts say.

But it was when he was playing chess and couldn't reach out for the chess pieces, in September 2013, that she knew something was horribly wrong.

Research into how breast milk is produced could help in the search for a breast cancer cure.

A little-known condition called cachexia, which affects people with life-threatening conditions, can cause avoidable misery and strife.

The Government is being lobbied to bring the tobacco plain-packaging bill back to Parliament for a final vote.

Isaac Young's parents could not believe a small lump on their young son's leg was melanoma. The resulting biopsies, surgeries and skin graft are more than any child should have to endure.

New Zealand researchers have found "no consistent increase" in brain cancer during a period of rapidly increasing cellphone use.

Ben Williams' aggressive brain tumour was treated with conventional therapies - and with a cocktail of everyday pills. Could this approach work for others?

Tiago Pinheiro may only have months to live now his cancer has returned so the little boy's parents have turned to controversial alternative therapies.

A world-leading melanoma expert is warning Kiwis not to rely on a raft of new smartphone apps that claim to detect the potentially deadly skin cancer.

What causes cancer? This deceptively simple question has a devilishly complex answer, writes Darren Saunders.

Researchers have come up with the first precise risk estimates of people developing stomach cancer if they have inherited certain gene mutations.

Researchers have developed the Lung Cancer Indicator Detection device to detect chemical traces in breath which indicate a patient may have cancer.

A businessman is preparing to have a hysterectomy after doctors discovered he was born with a womb.

The parents of twins battling a rare cancer have been given new hope for their babies' future.

Aucklander Kiri Speirs lost her daughter to cancer three years ago. She describes how a stray cat called Charlie became her unlikely source of comfort.

Today is World Cancer Day. The theme for 2015 is Not Beyond Us, writes Dr Graeme Jarvis.

Fourteen-month-old Riays Asiata has lost both kidneys to cancer and now she must wait at least two years before she can have a transplant.

Breast screening technology company Matakina has received a boost after it announced the signing of a multimillion dollar global deal with GE Healthcare.