Matepukupuku – Cancer types
If you are looking for one cancer in particular, each page below gathers what this site holds on it – the booklets and reports other organisations publish, the documents held here, and the research that has been read and summarised.
These pages point at research, and at resources published by other organisations. They are not advice about anyone’s own care or treatment.
The 13 cancer types this site holds something on
That is not every cancer. If the one you are looking for is not listed, the whole library is at Rauemi, and Whakapā mai – Contact us carries a form for whānau, researchers, providers and partners.
Pūkahukahu – Lung Cancer
A booklet and research papers published by 3 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on lung cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
1 booklet · 12 papers summarised here · 2 papers on another site
Breast cancer
Booklets and a report published by 3 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on breast cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
5 booklets · 1 report · 6 papers summarised here
Piro – Bowel Cancer
Booklets published by 2 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on bowel cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
Some of these are also published in te reo Māori.
3 booklets · 4 papers summarised here
Cervical cancer
Booklets and research papers published by 4 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on cervical cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
2 booklets · 5 papers summarised here · 2 papers on another site
Stomach cancer
Booklets and research papers published by 4 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on stomach cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
Some of these are also published in te reo Māori.
2 booklets · 4 papers summarised here · 2 papers on another site
Liver cancer
Booklets and research papers published by 4 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on liver cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
Some of these are also published in te reo Māori.
2 booklets · 4 papers summarised here · 2 papers on another site
Prostate cancer
A booklet published by Cancer Society of New Zealand – Te Kāhui Matepukupuku o Aotearoa, on their own website.
Research on prostate cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
1 booklet · 3 papers summarised here
Blood cancers
Reports published by Te Aho o Te Kahu, Cancer Control Agency, on their own website. One more document is held on this site.
Research on blood cancers, summarised in words written for this site.
2 reports · 1 document held here · 1 paper summarised here
Pancreatic cancer
Booklets and research papers published by 4 organisations, on their own websites.
Research on pancreatic cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
Some of these are also published in te reo Māori.
2 booklets · 1 paper summarised here · 2 papers on another site
Melanoma and skin cancer
Booklets published by Cancer Society of New Zealand – Te Kāhui Matepukupuku o Aotearoa, on their own website.
2 booklets
Head and neck cancer
Booklets published by 2 organisations, on their own websites.
Some of these are also published in te reo Māori.
4 booklets
Ovarian and uterine cancer
Booklets published by Cancer Council Australia, on their own website.
Research on ovarian and uterine cancer, summarised in words written for this site.
2 booklets · 1 paper summarised here
Bladder and testicular cancer
Booklets published by Cancer Council Australia, on their own website.
2 booklets