Skip to main content Skip to search form Skip to main navigation
Cancer Information Helpline Call 0800 226 237 Email an Information nurse
Cancer Society Logo Donate
Donate
    • Cancer
      • Types of cancer
      • Bowel cancer
      • Lung cancer
      • Melanoma of the skin
      • Breast cancer
      • Prostate cancer
      • Advanced cancer
      • Bladder cancer
      • Blood cancer
      • Brain and spinal cancer
      • Cancer treatment
      • Chemotherapy
      • Radiation treatment
      • Immunotherapy
      • Targeted treatments
      • Clinical trials
      • Side effects
      • Complementary therapy
      • Traditional healing
      • Making treatment decisions
      • Living with cancer
      • Covid-19 and cancer
      • Eating well with cancer
      • Emotions and cancer
      • Keeping active with cancer
      • Waiting for results
      • Reducing your cancer risk
      • Smokefree
      • SunSmart
      • Healthy kai (food)
      • Alcohol and cancer
      • Screening and early detection
      • Be active
      • Our advocacy campaigns
      • Reduce shops selling tobacco
      • Improvements in screening
      • NTA Scheme
      • Submissions to government
      • Smokefree 2025
      • Kai to lower cancer risk
      • Waipiro and Cancer
      • Alcohol-reducing policies
      • Pour Choices
    • Supporting you
      • How we can help you
      • Cancer helpline
      • Our nurses
      • Counselling
      • Transport to treatment
      • Accommodation
      • Support Crew
      • Connecting with people
      • Financial impacts of cancer
      • Benefits & other support
      • National Travel Assistance
      • Cancer research
      • Women with vulval cancer
      • anti-cancer properties in soil
      • Vitamin C and bowel cancer
      • Tumors spreading in the body
      • Prostate cancer therapy
      • Treating myeloid leukaemia
      • New skin cancer treatments
      • radiation and chemotherapy
      • Lab techniques and cancer
    • Kia Ora E te Iwi
      • Cancer stories
      • Vienna
      • Angela
      • Russell
      • Stephanie
      • Kim
      • Nalini
      • Hazel
      • Andrew
      • Smitee
    • Get involved
      • Other ways of supporting
      • A gift in your Will
      • Give in memory
      • Donate via your pay
      • Fundraise
      • Daffodil Day
      • Relay For Life
      • The Longest Day challenge
      • Walking Stars
      • You can for cancer
    • Volunteer
    • Sponsor
    • ANZ, our major sponsor
    • About us
      • Your local Cancer Society
      • National Office
      • Whangarei
      • Auckland
      • Hamilton
      • Tauranga
      • Rotorua
      • Gisborne/Tairāwhiti
      • New Plymouth
      • Hastings
      • Who we are
      • Strategic Plan
      • Equity Charter
      • History
      • Daffodils and Cancer
      • Latest news
      • Five unhealthy snacks a day
      • Work to commence
      • Anika's Brave Story
      • Betty's 30th year
      • Gift of Compassion
      • Mandatory Sunscreen Standard
      • Hugo Charitable Trust Donate
      • COVID-19: Face Mask Safety
      • Vaping legislations passes
      • What's on
      • Gentle Yoga (Auckland)
      • Coping with cancer - webinar
      • Coping with cancer
      • Yoga (Wellington)
      • Position statements
      • Alcohol and cancer
      • Cancer and Early Detection
      • Testing for Prostate Cancer
      • Diet and Cancer
      • End of Life Care
      • Bowel (colorectal) Screening
      • E-cigarettes
      • Sugary Drinks
      • Therapies and EAMS

Go to checkout
Cancer Information Helpline
0800 226 237
Information nurse
Cancer Society Logo Donate
  • See all
    Cancer

    There are many different types of cancer. No matter the cancer, we're here to help.

    • Types of cancer
    • Bowel cancer
    • Lung cancer
    • Melanoma of the skin
    • Breast cancer
    • Prostate cancer
    • Advanced cancer
    • Bladder cancer
    • Blood cancer
    • Brain and spinal cancer
    • Cancer treatment
    • Chemotherapy
    • Radiation treatment
    • Immunotherapy
    • Targeted treatments
    • Clinical trials
    • Side effects
    • Complementary therapy
    • Traditional healing
    • Making treatment decisions
    • Living with cancer
    • Covid-19 and cancer
    • Eating well with cancer
    • Emotions and cancer
    • Keeping active with cancer
    • Waiting for results
    • Reducing your cancer risk
    • Smokefree
    • SunSmart
    • Healthy kai (food)
    • Alcohol and cancer
    • Screening and early detection
    • Be active
    • Our advocacy campaigns
    • Reduce shops selling tobacco
    • Improvements in screening
    • NTA Scheme
    • Submissions to government
    • Smokefree 2025
    • Kai to lower cancer risk
    • Waipiro and Cancer
    • Alcohol-reducing policies
    • Pour Choices
  • See all
    Supporting you

    We offer a range of services to help people with cancer, from support nurses to drivers.

    • Kia Ora E te Iwi
    • How we can help you
    • Cancer helpline
    • Our nurses
    • Counselling
    • Transport to treatment
    • Accommodation
    • Support Crew
    • Connecting with people
    • Financial impacts of cancer
    • Benefits & other support
    • National Travel Assistance
    • Cancer research
    • Women with vulval cancer
    • anti-cancer properties in soil
    • Vitamin C and bowel cancer
    • Tumors spreading in the body
    • Prostate cancer therapy
    • Treating myeloid leukaemia
    • New skin cancer treatments
    • radiation and chemotherapy
    • Lab techniques and cancer
    • Cancer stories
    • Vienna
    • Angela
    • Russell
    • Stephanie
    • Kim
    • Nalini
    • Hazel
    • Andrew
    • Smitee
  • See all
    Get involved

    With your help, we can make a difference in the lives of people affected by cancer.

    • Volunteer
    • Sponsor
    • ANZ, our major sponsor
    • Other ways of supporting
    • A gift in your Will
    • Give in memory
    • Donate via your pay
    • Fundraise
    • Daffodil Day
    • Relay For Life
    • The Longest Day challenge
    • Walking Stars
    • You can for cancer
  • See all
    About us

    We have been supporting New Zealanders with cancer for over 90 years.

    • Your local Cancer Society
    • National Office
    • Whangarei
    • Auckland
    • Hamilton
    • Tauranga
    • Rotorua
    • Gisborne/Tairāwhiti
    • New Plymouth
    • Hastings
    • Who we are
    • Strategic Plan
    • Equity Charter
    • History
    • Daffodils and Cancer
    • Latest news
    • Five unhealthy snacks a day
    • Work to commence
    • Anika's Brave Story
    • Betty's 30th year
    • Gift of Compassion
    • Mandatory Sunscreen Standard
    • Hugo Charitable Trust Donate
    • COVID-19: Face Mask Safety
    • Vaping legislations passes
    • What's on
    • Gentle Yoga (Auckland)
    • Coping with cancer - webinar
    • Coping with cancer
    • Yoga (Wellington)
    • Position statements
    • Alcohol and cancer
    • Cancer and Early Detection
    • Testing for Prostate Cancer
    • Diet and Cancer
    • End of Life Care
    • Bowel (colorectal) Screening
    • E-cigarettes
    • Sugary Drinks
    • Therapies and EAMS
  • Shopping cart
  • Donate

  • Home
  • / Cancer
  • / Current: Types of cancer

Types of cancer Ngā momo matepukupuku

Cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in our body.

Types of cancer

Bowel cancer

Bowel cancer is cancer in any part of the large bowel, which includes the colon and rectum.

Read more

Lung cancer

Lung cancer forms in the cells of one or both lungs, and it can affect anyone.

Read more

Melanoma of the skin

Melanoma of the skin is the most serious of the three common types of skin cancer.

Read more

Breast cancer

Breast cancer forms in the cells of the breast tissue. It can occur in women and, rarely, in men.

Read more

Prostate cancer

Around 4,000 men in Aotearoa get the news that they have prostate cancer each year.

Read more

Advanced cancer

Advanced cancer is when cancer cells have spread from where they first grew to other parts of the bo…

Read more

Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer begins in the cells inside the bladder, the part of the body which holds the pee (uri…

Read more

Blood cancer

There are many types of blood cancer. The main types are leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

Read more

Brain and spinal cancer

Brain and spinal cancer are cancers that begin in the brain and spinal cord.

Read more

Cancer of unknown primary

Sometimes cancer spreads through the body, and doctors are not able to find where it first started.

Read more

Cervical cancer

Cervical cancer begins in the cervix, which is part of the female reproductive system.

Read more

Eye melanoma

Eye melanoma, also called ocular melanoma, is a cancer of the eye.

Read more

Gynaecological cancers

Gynaecological cancers are cancers of the female reproductive organs, including uterine cancer, ovar…

Read more

Head and neck cancers

Head and neck cancer is a term for many cancers that start in the head and neck.

Read more

Kidney cancer

Kidney cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in one or both kidneys.

Read more
Show more types of cancer
Resources
  • Reduce the impact of tobacco - sign the petition
  • Your nearest Cancer Society
What's on across Aotearoa
  • Relay For Life
  • You can for Cancer
  • Support Crew
Other useful sites
  • Te Aho o Te Kahu
  • Ministry of Health
Cancer Information Helpline
0800 226 237
Information nurse
Cancer Society Logo
Privacy policy Sitemap
shielded

Copyright © 2021 Cancer Society New Zealand, all rights reserved.
Cancer Society is a registered charity CC30617.