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?

Blueberries. Green tea. Tomatoes. And, oh, that cruciferous cauliflower. All make the lists of super foods that might help prevent cancer.

A couple of close calls prove life is a series of tests, writes Steve Braunias.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.