prostate cancer

A Dunedin man becoming a finalist in the Senior New Zealander of the Year awards is a fitting way to finish a career with the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull had his face painted blue yesterday to raise awareness about prostate cancer.

Recent prostate cancer research will be among the topics discussed at the Prostate Cancer Foundation's annual conference in Dunedin this weekend.

A National Health Committee's report suggesting men should be encouraged to seek up-to-date information from their general practitioners about prostate cancer screening and treatment has been praised as well as criticised.

The Robertson family of Robertson Meat Ltd have spent decades making sausages for Dunedin people - pork ones, beef ones and now blue ones.

Brian Sargent is on the road again.

A modified form of prostate cancer treatment -- brachytherapy -- has been used for the first time in the southern hemisphere on two New Zealand patients.