Cancer

It's a race against time once Maori and Pasifika women in New Zealand are diagnosed with breast cancer. A report released last year revealed Maori women are 33 percent more likely to die within 10… Audio

There's been a slight delay to the start date for the big changes coming to the national cervical screening programme offering a new option for women to test themselves. Currently women and people… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

New treatments for pancreatic cancer are urgently needed. Yet, results from a small study published recently suggest that bespoke messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines that prime a patient's immune system to… Audio

Psychotherapist Sandra Russell shares her experience of confronting the emotional challenges of living with incurable cancer in her book The Feeling of Cancer. Beyond the physical and medical demands… Audio

A damning report has found some cancer patients are being denied access to timely specialist care, because of where they live.

The investigation by the Health and Disability Commission detailed six… Audio

Fifteen years ago Andy Sninsky was diagnosed with the incurable blood cancer Multiple Myeloma. Now aged 75, he's been cycling around the world for years raising money for research and New Zealand is… Audio

An artificial intelligence programme has been created by MoleMap to be used by GPs, nurses and technicians to screen patients for melanoma, with an accuracy rate of over 90 percent, almost as accurate… Audio

"If you want to deal with the dying, deal with your own shit first," is the key piece of advice that shaped palliative care nurse Susan Marsden's career. It was given to her back in 1978 by the… Audio

What would you do, if you arrived home to find your wife naked - but for an apron - bleaching a stain from the carpet that only she can see? It's the set-up for Fiona Sussman's latest page-turning… Audio

Scientists at Otago University and Callaghan Innovation believe bowel cancer could be detected by a breath test. Their research focusses on identifying a set of compounds in breath that may help… Audio

The country's lab workers say they must not be forgotten as the Government looks to boost the health workforce. Many patients, including those waiting for crucial cancer diagnoses, are waiting up to… Audio

Men over 50 are forced to wait too long for prostate cancer to be picked up and then treated - according advocacy and support group, Prostate Cancer Foundation. About 650 New Zealand men die of… Audio

A new series of studies are questioning the conventional wisdom of using steroids and commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs to treat chronic back pain, suggesting they could instead prolong the pain… Audio

There is no end to the different stereotypes when it comes to dog breeds and perceived behaviour traits. However, recent research suggests traits may have less to do with breeds than previously… Audio

Southland man Blair Vining was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in 2018 and given just weeks to live.

He sought treatment privately after being told there would be an eight to ten week wait… Video, Audio

Cancer patients want the government to step up as many struggle to fund their own treatment.

A report by the Cancer Control Agency has found 18 gold-standard cancer medicines are funded by Australia… Audio

What is the future of our species? As technology becomes more and more a part of our daily lives, we may become something different to human down the line. Elise Bohan has written the book on it. Audio

At the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research a team of scientists are working on what they believe will be the future of cancer treatment in New Zealand. Audio