Two linear accelerators, valued at $7 million, will be lowered into the concrete bunkers of the new Cancer Care Centre at Christchurch's St George's Hospital on Monday morning (December 7).

Wellington, Nov 23 NZPA - An Otago University researcher is investigating whether treatment choices made by rural women diagnosed with breast cancer can hurt their long term survival rate.

Wellington, Sept 29 NZPA - A new study to determine the best time to treat men with prostate cancer could eventually benefit many sufferers, researchers say.

A major New Zealand research initiative that will determine the best time for men with prostate cancer to receive radiation therapy after surgery to remove the prostate has been launched in New Zealand and Australia.

Planning is under way to prevent a future staffing shortage across New Zealand universities as traditional sources for academic staff dry up at the same time as a large proportion of the academic workforce retires.