Breast Cancer
Terminally ill breast cancer patients plea: Fund drugs or we die
New drugs have extended terminally ill breast cancer patients' lives by months and years. And while they're available overseas, they're not funded here, meaning NZ patients are dying far quicker than… Video, Audio
NZ women with advanced breast cancer denied chance of longer life
Patients with advanced breast cancer in NZ are dying twice as quickly as those in comparable countries. A report released on Friday by the Breast Cancer Foundation calls for urgent action. Libby… Audio
Pasifika breast cancer deaths twice that of Pakeha
A Māori consultant has spoken out about the offensive and ignorant comments from hospital staff while she being treated for breast cancer. New figures show Māori and Pasifika women are almost twice as… Audio
Breast cancer: Calls for genetic test to be funded in NZ
A woman who paid thousands for a test after being diagnosed with early stage breast cancer says it should be publicly funded in New Zealand.
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
Major error in UK breast cancer screening forces inquiry
An urgent inquiry has been launched into England's breast cancer screening program after a computer error caused 500,000 women to miss routine checks resulting in the untimely death of hundreds of… Audio
Casting For Recovery
Each year women with breast cancer have the opportunity to get away from it all with Casting for Recovery. Country life joins a group as they enjoy the tranquillity of the country-side and, under the… Audio, Gallery
Pharmac expands funding for new cancer drug
About 3000 post-menopausal women a year are to have funded access to a treatment for early breast cancer for the first time.
Herceptin trial shows 9 weeks as good as a year
A medical trial has shown Pharmac was right when it made a controversial decision to fund the breast cancer drug Herceptin for just nine weeks of treatment. The former National government overturned… Audio
Early detection key to Pasifika breast cancer survival
A group of Pacific women in New Zealand affected by breast cancer want people to know that early detection is a key to long-term survival. Audio, Gallery
King Country's romance queen
You get things done if you like doing them, says King Country farmer, vet, wife, mother and rural romance author Danielle Hawkins. Her latest novel is The Pretty Delicious Cafe. Audio
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus reveals breast cancer
The award-winning actress has announced she has breast cancer in a message posted on social media.
BANG! Episode 6: Fifty Shades of Grey
In episode 6, Melody faces up to another awkward phone call, we learn about how intimacy is affected by life-threatening illness, visit an "adult entertainment store" and sex therapist Edit Horvath… Audio
Minnie Baragwanath - the battle for accessible healthcare
Minnie Baragwanath has played a leading role in effecting social change for New Zealanders with disabilities. Audio
Nikki Kaye returns to Parliament, hopeful of new role
National MP Nikki Kaye says she "dreams" of taking on the role of Education Minister, as she returns to work after recovering from breast cancer. Video, Audio
Two healthy women in Australia given mastectomies in error
Two women in Australia had their breasts removed unnecessarily after being misdiagnosed with cancer at the Royal Darwin Hospital.
Small dogs and lots of heart: Gisborne's terrier races
A quirky fundraiser for women with breast cancer cooked up by a bunch of friends over a bottle of bubbly is now a fixture on the Gisborne social calendar. Audio, Gallery
Women have a good cry for breast cancer research
Women are having a good cry at a cinema in Auckland today, and their tears are being collected so researchers can check them for early markers of breast cancer. Video
Tears collected outside film in effort to develop new breast cancer
An American company collected women's tears outside an Auckland movie theatre today, in the hope it can use them to develop new test for breast cancer. Video, Audio
Photographer Meli Berends
A triptych of photographs portraying her successful battle with breast cancer has secured Meli Berends the Student of the Year title at the 2016 Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards… Audio