Skyla was excited to start school this year. Instead she's undergoing 45 days of radiotherapy treatment at Starship Hospital.

It's a breakthrough which could lead to new treatments and even reverse tumour growth.

An editorial in the Herald states that the value of the screening pilot needs proving and that the pilot "is not going as well as expected".

When Rose Cosgrove was diagnosed with breast cancer she became the fourth sister in her family to face the disease.

Here's some celebrities who have gone public with their battle in the bid to save others.

Screening for any cancer is a big decision and the case needs to be compelling. Only when it is should a national programme proceed.

"Women with a family history of breast cancer, should consider reducing their alcohol intake to below recommended limits, or even abstaining altogether."

Drinking coffee could be the key to boosting survival rates among bowel cancer patients, according to researchers.

Dr Andrew Wood has won many battles in his war against child cancer, but says it's those he has lost now driving him towards new treatments.

The findings of a new study could be used to help stop women from developing breast cancer at all, British researchers say.

There have been moments of joy and wonder since Jennifer Doolabh was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer aged 25.

But the would-be thief, who was only able to find loose change, left behind a bloody calling card in the building's reception area after being cut while breaking in.

Researchers found a class of inexpensive, existing generic called aromatase inhibitors, which suppress hormones, reduce recurrence rates by 30 per cent as compared with tamoxifen.

John Connolly was described as a hero by Judith Collins, the Police Minister at the time at the attack on him.

An Auckland woman has organised a bake-a-thon to pass on random acts of kindness to people in need.

Women aged 50-plus urged to do at least 5 hours a week of exercise to help reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Women given chemotherapy were more than twice as likely to have gained at least 5kg within five years than those who were cancer free.

"We're thinking we've got six weeks before the therapy starts - do we try to have [a baby] before that?"

We've all had the disconcerting experience of being told, often by someone who read it in Reader's Digest, that something we take for granted can cause cancer.

Tax specialist Iain Craig found a surprise upside to a cancer scare, even in his work.

Joan Swift could fill a small room with her accolades.

Social media users are using hashtags like #sunburnart and #tantattoo to show off their "artistic" sunburns to the world.

After being diagnosed with cancer, Tracy Judd understood how something that seems as minor as applying some makeup can mean so much.

A poignant charity drive in the UK claims it will be, yet sceptical doctors warn women that exercise and healthy diet are as vital as ever.

An active ingredient in a cream used to treat head lice and scabies has been linked to causing cancer and will be withdrawn from sale in New Zealand.

A Kapiti couple in their 90s who were married for 67 years died within two hours of one another in the same rest-home room.

A study has found smoking can almost double the risk of prostate cancer returning after surgery, with ex-smokers also at greater risk of recurring cancer.

Common chemicals we encounter every day may combine in the human body to cause the development of cancer, scientists have revealed.

A Kiwi scientist is behind technology that could help a major pharmaceutical company make a remarkable cancer breakthrough.