A 33-year-old Dunedin woman left with just one breast after cancer says she's waited two years for surgery - and will have to wait at least two more.

Bob Hill was told he would probably die within six months from incurable melanoma - but that was before he entered a clinical trial of a revolutionary new drug.

Brain, skin and testicular cancers are being found at higher rates in firefighters who trained at a Victorian fire training centre, a new report shows.

A team of international scientists have discovered six new ovarian cancer risk genes - a discovery that could help find new ways to treat the disease.

What cancer-stricken cricketing great Martin Crowe didn't say yesterday was as revealing as his words during a 25-minute media conference on Eden Park.

Cricketing great diagnosed with an aggressive strain of lymphoma says biggest challenge has been "getting the prognosis out of my head".

Herald DigiPoll survey shows 31.3 per cent of Kiwis think they should get their suspect skin blemishes checked out by a health professional, but have not done so.

Former editor of the British Medical Journal says we should "stop wasting billions trying to cure" it.

One of the country's best-known criminal lawyers and a relentless campaigner for prisoners' rights over his 60-year career has been knighted for his services to the field.

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.

"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.

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.

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.