Cancer
Breast cancer survival inspires a new film
By day she's the Otago Regional Council's Senior Media Advisor - but outside of work hours Emma Schranz is producing a film a year. The University of Otago's Centre for Science Communication… Audio
NZ doesn't have access to world's best medicines, doctor says
Pharmac says out of 35 medicines funded in Australia but not in NZ, only three provide real, meaningful benefits. Cancer Society's Medical Director Chris Jackson says every oncologist he has spoken to… Video, Audio
1080 and Humans
Professor of Toxicology, Ian Shaw says 1080 doesn't cause cancer and explains the effects of 1080 on humans. Audio
1080 and Humans
Professor of Toxicology, Ian Shaw says 1080 doesn't cause cancer and explains the effects of 1080 on humans.
AudioRoundup: Safe or not?
A US Jury has found chemical giant Monsanto liable for causing cancer in a school groundskeeper. The man used the company's popular weedkiller Roundup for years before developing lymphoma. Audio
NZ behind in funding modern medicine – Aus oncologist
Visiting Australian oncologist John Zalcberg says New Zealand cancer patients are missing out on access to new medicines, available in other countries, because Pharmac won't fund them. Video, Audio
Bowel cancer test kit a 'lifesaver'
Older New Zealanders who are still ineligible for a free bowel cancer screening are buying their own tests, but say they shouldn't be forced to pay thousands of dollars for specialist appointments as…
Expert feature: harnessing the immune system to treat cancer
Today's expert is Ian Hermans. Ian is the head of Cancer Immunology at the Malaghan Institute. He tells us about cancer and cancer research from the immunology perspective. Audio, Gallery
Clare O'Higgins: Look Good Feel Better
It's one week in for those taking part in Dry July and the organisation benefiting from the fundraiser, Look Good Feel Better is highlighting what the money enables them to do. The charity's general… Audio
Talei Morrison farewelled at emotional tangi
Hundreds of people gathered in Rotorua today to farewell Talei Morrison, who died from cervical cancer last week. Her cervical cancer social media campaign "smear your mea" went viral earlier this… Video, Audio
Tests help reveal whether breast cancer patients need chemo
Calls are being made for genetic tests to be made more widely available and publicly funded so more breast cancer patients can avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. Audio
John Potter: 'There are no super foods'
We still have the metabolism of our hunter-gather ancestors and it can't cope with the high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar diet we take as normal today, health researcher John Potter says. Audio
Food for Life
After caring for his mother through her cancer, food writer Ryan Riley decided to set up Life Kitchen, a free UK-wide cookery class initiative to help people living with cancer focused on taste and… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 30 April 2018
Sixty years after Britain conducted its largest nuclear test in Kiribati, veterans continue to demand recognition and compensation; Concern over baby deaths in Fiji hospitals; Touted as an economic… Audio
The legacy of Manamea Apelu-Schwalger in Samoa
Tributes flow for beauty queen who will be remembered for her cancer work in Samoa. Audio
Terminal cancer patients frustrated at lack of funded drugs
In some cases, women are having to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars themselves for treatments like Abrazane and Kacyla - both which have been publically funded in Australia for years. Audio
Regular cancer screening urged in Fiji
Fiji's Ministry of Health says people need to overcome their fear of cancer and realise it can be treated if they go to their doctor early enough. Audio
Man diagnosed with cancer after DHB refused investigation
Dunedin man Michael Horgan received a positive result after requesting to be screened for bowel cancer, but was turned away from Southern DHB because he didn't have serious symptoms. Video, Audio
2500 kiwis would survive from cancer if in Australia
Cancer patients have a better chance of survival in Australia than they do in New Zealand, a new study has found. Cancer patient Jess Spence says that's just not good enough. Video, Audio
Improving NZ cancer treatment 'not just about new drugs'
The Cancer Society says 2,500 more New Zealanders would have survived cancer if they'd lived in Australia. The claim is based on cancer survival statistics in a new international report published in… Audio