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Cancer

DunedinFebruary 1

Pressure sends cancer patients south

South Canterbury cancer patients are being sent to Dunedin for treatment because of pressure on the Christchurch radiation service.
DunedinJanuary 31

Tumour standards offer level of care check

New tumour treatment standards let patients check whether their care matches the timeline set for New Zealand public hospitals, Southern Cancer Network director Dr Shaun Costello says.
DunedinApril 24

Cancer-nurse delay slated

Health Minister Tony Ryall made a ''huge song and dance'' in the last Budget about improving cancer care, but fewer than half of the new cancer nurse co-ordinators have been recruited nearly a year after they were announced, Labour health spokeswoman Annette King says.
Cancer-nurse delay slated
Cancer-nurse delay slated
DunedinMarch 11

Team Hot Fuzz force for good

''Team Hot Fuzz'' had a close shave for a good cause in Dunedin yesterday.
DunedinSeptember 25

Father gives thanks for healthy boy

Manuaitu Haggie has learned to be brave before he has learned to read and write.
Father gives thanks for healthy boy
Father gives thanks for healthy boy
DunedinSeptember 19

High melanoma rate 'unacceptable'

New Zealand's high melanoma rate is "unacceptable" and more needs to be done to protect the nation's school pupils from excessive sun exposure, Associate Prof Tony Reeder says.
DunedinJuly 31

Scientists join in NZ cancer research presentation

University of Otago and Auckland University scientists joined forces in a joint presentation to Parliament yesterday, highlighting the cancer research undertaken in this country.
Scientists join in NZ cancer research presentation
Scientists join in NZ cancer research presentation
NationalJuly 25

Cancer mortality rate steadily falling

New Zealand's cancer mortality rate has fallen more than 16% in a decade, Health Ministry figures show.
BusinessJuly 2

Otago company set for 2013 US launch

Dunedin-based Pacific Edge was on track to launch its diagnostic test for bladder cancer, Cxbladder, in the United States in March next year, chief executive David Darling said yesterday.
Otago company set for 2013 US launch
Otago company set for 2013 US launch
NewsJune 21

US approves 'breakthrough' cancer treatment

A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease has received US government approval,  offering an important alternative to more intensive treatments like chemotherapy.
NewsJune 20

Women urged to be vigilant over gynaecological cancer

Tomorrow is the start of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disease which kills one woman a day in New Zealand.
DunedinJune 19

Melanoma's scar still affects family

Dunedin teenager Karli Adams (14) knows she cannot change the fact her father Garth died when he was 31, but that does not stop her wondering what her life might have been like if he was still alive.
Melanoma's scar still affects family
Melanoma's scar still affects family
QueenstownMay 29

$42,000 for Angus

The Angus Beaton fundraiser on Saturday night raised $42,000 for the Beaton family, who are in Christchurch with their son Angus, who was diagnosed with cancer in April.
QueenstownMay 8

Concert next event to support Angus

Friends of Angus Beaton and the Arrowtown community have helped raise more than $7000 to aid the preschool pupil's journey in Christchurch.
Concert next event to support Angus
Concert next event to support Angus
DunedinApril 18

Cancer survival rates improve

Cancer survival rates have improved markedly - although the picture is not so rosy if you are Maori or poor, a University of Otago report says.
QueenstownAugust 25

Cancer diagnosis life-changing

When Queenstown mother of two Nicki Smith found an area of swelling in her breast last year her life changed.
Cancer diagnosis life-changing
Cancer diagnosis life-changing
DunedinAugust 15

Cervical screening issues seen

"Quite a damning" report into New Zealand's cervical screening programme reveals significant issues to be addressed before the service can be considered world class, University of Otago Associate Prof Brian Cox says.
Cervical screening issues seen
Cervical screening issues seen
DunedinMay 24

Research could be used to help fight cancer

University of Otago research into cancer-enabling genes could be used to help develop therapies to fight certain cancers, including kidney and ovarian cancer.
Research could be used to help fight cancer
Research could be used to help fight cancer
QueenstownApril 20

Hair gone for Ciara

When Wanaka toddler Ciara Hovey (2) starts her next fight against a rare soft-tissue cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, in Christchurch today, her bald teachers at Oanaka Educare Centre will have every reason to be thinking about her.
Hair gone for Ciara
Hair gone for Ciara
The MixFebruary 11

Dealing with life's ebb and flow

Sandra Turner has cancer. She also has a lust for life, Shane Gilchrist discovers.
Dealing with life's ebb and flow
Dealing with life's ebb and flow
DunedinDecember 13

Oncologist joining private programme

The Dunedin medical oncologist who was disappointed his district health board did not get approval for a controversial pilot scheme involving unfunded chemotherapy drugs has signed up to Mercy Hospital, which plans to offer them early next year.
NationalDecember 7

Waitemata gets bowel pilot nod

A bowel cancer screening programme covering 130,000 people will be trialled in the Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) catchment, Health Minister Tony Ryall announced today.
BusinessNovember 29

Cancer test trial results positive

The accounts of medical diagnostic company Pacific Edge remain in the red but chairman Chris Swann said it was on the verge of a commercial breakthrough.
BusinessJune 23

No link between cellphone towers and child cancer: study

Research in Britain which has found no link between pregnant women's exposure to cellphone tower radio-frequency and early childhood cancer should end public debate on the issue, a New Zealand medical expert says.
BusinessMay 16

Link between cell phone use and cancer 'inconclusive'

Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren't off the hook yet.