Pressure sends cancer patients south
South Canterbury cancer patients are being sent to Dunedin for treatment because of pressure on the Christchurch radiation service.
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Tumour standards offer level of care check
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.
Cancer-nurse delay slated
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.
Team Hot Fuzz force for good
Team Hot Fuzz force for good
''Team Hot Fuzz'' had a close shave for a good cause in Dunedin yesterday.
Father gives thanks for healthy boy
Father gives thanks for healthy boy
Manuaitu Haggie has learned to be brave before he has learned to read and write.
High melanoma rate 'unacceptable'
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.
Scientists join in NZ cancer research presentation
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.
Cancer mortality rate steadily falling
Cancer mortality rate steadily falling
New Zealand's cancer mortality rate has fallen more than 16% in a decade, Health Ministry figures show.
Otago company set for 2013 US launch
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.
US approves 'breakthrough' cancer treatment
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.
Women urged to be vigilant over gynaecological cancer
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.
Melanoma's scar still affects family
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.
$42,000 for Angus
$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.
Concert next event to support Angus
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.
Cancer survival rates improve
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.
Cancer diagnosis life-changing
Cancer diagnosis life-changing
When Queenstown mother of two Nicki Smith found an area of swelling in her breast last year her life changed.
Cervical screening issues seen
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.
Research could be used to help fight cancer
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.
Hair gone for Ciara
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.
Dealing with life's ebb and flow
Dealing with life's ebb and flow
Sandra Turner has cancer. She also has a lust for life, Shane Gilchrist discovers.