I pick up the phone and dial. My heart is thumping in my chest and my mouth has gone very dry. I have been thinking of doing this for a very long time.

The father of a boy whose mother failed in a legal bid to stop radiation therapy for a brain tumour, says his son is reacting well to treatment.

A smartphone app which measures UV exposure and issues a warning if the user is at risk of getting burnt has taken out a prestigious national technology competition.

A New Zealand mother who lost a court battle in Britain to stop her 8-year-old son from receiving radiation therapy for cancer says her worst fears over the treatment have been realised.

A cancer charity has suspended fundraising in New Zealand amid questions over how its money is spent.

A cancer victim who spearheaded a campaign for voluntary euthanasia has died peacefully at home in her sleep.

A cancer charity will accept money from a retail group with ties to big tobacco, even if the Starship Foundation won't.

New Zealand cancer patients have joined a major international trial designed to see if a shorter course of toxic chemotherapy is as effective as the standard 24 weeks of treatment and less harmful.

A registered charity dedicated to cancer research has donated less than 5 per cent of the $1.1 million it has collected from New Zealanders over four years.

Women who take aspirin are less likely to develop skin cancer, new research suggests.

Overwhelmed is how Sass Mahuika says she felt on reaching the Cook plaza on top of Gisborne's landmark Kaiti Hill by wheelchair yesterday.

A sore backside is what a group of jet skiers will have as they take on a 600km journey to the Bay of Islands, raising money for charity.

Seeing her long curly hair being chopped off was almost a bit much for 12-year-old Gemma Singleton.

Prostate cancer screening using blood samples may do more harm than good, according to a European study now being cited here in favour of restrictions on the testing.

A Kiwi mum who lost a battle to prevent the British health service giving her son radiation therapy for a brain tumour says the treatment has been worse than she feared.

Imagine you have cancer. You are sitting at home with your laptop, connected simultaneously by video to your GP, radiologist, surgeon, oncologist and a cancer specialist from Boston, who will come up with your combined care plan.

The boy who has featured in the shave-your-head-for-cancer campaign since 2011 is in remission from his serious blood disease.

Gravely ill broadcaster Phillip Leishman has slipped into a coma.

The rose garden at the hospice became a haven in the weeks leading up to my mother’s death 25 years ago.

The Government is being sued for allowing gamblers to smoke at SkyCity casino in a landmark case which could see the end of smoker-friendly areas at bars and restaurants.

Most of us know about the enormous impact of this disease because it will have already touched our lives in some way, writes John Loof.

Kiwis in Antarctica have braved sub-zero temperatures, snow flurries and early morning wake-up calls to take part in a 12-hour relay for cancer awareness.

Discarded fish eyes are being used by a Kiwi scientist to help early detection of diseases like diabetes and cancer.

A Hawke's Bay woman with terminal cancer was among those vying for a shot at the big time at X Factor auditions in Napier.