Singer Melissa Etheridge has clarified her controversial comments about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy, insisting she did not mean to criticise the actress for undergoing the preventative surgery.

Women who regularly use talcum powder to keep fresh increase their risk of ovarian cancer by almost a quarter, according to new research.

Alan Perrott talks to people with the inside track on what’s out to get us and finds out how that knowledge affects their daily lives.

A young cancer patient who has just finished his treatment is already thinking of others.

New Zealand breast cancer experts say a British study doubting the effectiveness of breast screening is alone in its assertions, and could persuade women to forego vital mammograms.

Successful women may be more likely to develop breast cancer – and stress at work, including prejudice, discrimination, and resistance, could be to blame.

Oral sex is often the first of many forays into sexual intimacy we experience as fumbling teenagers.

Two women with children in the same kindergarten were amazed to discover they had similar stories of being affected by bowel cancer.

Ardie Hickey has been battling a brain tumour, and boxer Bubba Tuigamala is getting in the ring to support that fight.

A Mana Party candidate who kept $12,000 that had been given for his cancer treatment says he was unable to give the money back.

A sexually-transmitted virus that actor Michael Douglas says caused his recent illness only rarely leads to cancer.

Angelina Jolie's aunt has lost her battle with breast cancer.

Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has opened up about his battle with cancer as his friends in the sporting world praise him for his bravery.

Hundreds of Kiwi women have been stirred into checking their family history of breast cancer after the huge publicity over Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have both her breasts removed.

At just 24, Brenna Nation became one of the youngest women in New Zealand to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Angelina Jolie had extra reason to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer - her aunt is currently battling the disease.

Even celebrities are mortal. They share our genes and, like us, cannot escape their inheritance.

If this was Angelina Jolie's masterplan to divert attention away from her upper thigh, which she flashed to worldwide acclaim last year at the Oscars, it was an extraordinarily dramatic one.

In some corners of the internet, Angelina Jolie's announcement that she had had a double mastectomy was greeted only with cruelty.

Uterine cancer survivor Fran Drescher has praised Angelina Jolie as a "warrior goddess" following her revalation she had undergone a double mastectomy.

Angelina Jolie has had a preventative mastectomy after learning she had a gene that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. Here's what you need to know.

Doctors and genetic counselors warn Angelina Jolie's medical situation was very specific, and that her course of action made sense for only a small category of women.

Angelina Jolie says she "proactively" underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing cancer - a decision her partner Brad Pitt says he is proud of.

Christchurch resident Nicola Coom says if she had to make the decision again, she would still "happily" have a double mastectomy.

A bowel cancer screening programme pilot credited with saving 60 lives in its first year highlights the "outrage" of not rolling it out nationwide, University of Otago health services researcher Dr Sarah Derrett says.