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Cancer deaths fall but smokers face rise

The death rate from cancer has fallen over the past 25 years, but lung cancer will overtake breast cancer as the biggest killer among women within the next few years, said leading experts.

Kiwi gifts Fiji cancer sufferer dream

A Fijiian cancer sufferer and her family will spend a week at a luxury holiday resort thanks to the generosity of a Kiwi family that was forced to cancel their own dream holiday.

Labour's bowel cancer screening pledge

Labour will roll out a nationwide bowel cancer screening programme within three years if it is elected, leader David Cunliffe announced this afternoon.

'I Touch Myself' becomes a breast cancer awareness anthem

Sick girl's princess dream a reality

Lili Reynolds began her day getting treatment for cancer and dreaming of meeting a princess.

Older women underestimate breast cancer risk

Older women underestimate their risk of developing breast cancer, new research shows.

Melanoma find raises new drugs hope

Melanoma researchers have made an important finding in how cancer cells use energy, which they hope will help drug makers pick up the disease's resistance to certain medicines.

Are breasts a health hazard?

We are a culture obsessed with breasts - but how much do we really know about them?

Dying volunteer kept condition to herself

A woman who died of cancer this week had volunteered with the Breast Cancer Foundation without telling people about her condition. Jenna Slaven, 27, was farewelled yesterday in Auckland.

'No make-up selfie' trend raises $1.9m for cancer research

The "no make-up selfie" trend has helped charity Cancer Research UK raise more than £1 million through 800,000 text donations since yesterday.

Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons: Bowel cancer scourge can be beaten

Poor old bowel cancer has struggled to grab headlines for many years, write Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons.

Grieving mum pleads for jewellery return

The mother of a little girl who died of cancer is pleading for the return of jewellery crafted in her memory.

Woman fools son, 6, into thinking he has cancer

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly claimed her son had cancer in order to dupe fundraisers and use money she was given to visit Disneyland.

Bowel screening diagnose cancer with no symptoms

The early detection of 129 bowel cancer cases in a pilot screening programme makes a compelling case for an urgent nationwide roll-out.

Fat link to ovarian cancer

Overweight women are more likely to get ovarian cancer than their thinner counterparts, researchers say.

Supreme Court stops 'boobies' bracelet ban

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a school that suspended two students because they refused to remove bracelets promoting breast cancer awareness.