Cancer Treatment

Cancer cases among 9/11 survivors surge nearly 25 years later - report

First responders and other New Yorkers who were near Ground Zero that day have also reported a range of other conditions, including respiratory illnesses, mental health impacts, and dementia.

FILE PHOTO: The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by a airplane, New York September 11, 2001 with the Brooklyn bridge in the foreground.
Combination with statins may enhance the effect. Viagra

Israeli study: Viagra may help prevent the spread of cancerous tumors

Illustration of a pancreatic tumor surrounded by immune cells

SIL204 treatment may help immune system attack KRAS-driven tumors, research finds - exclusive

First from left- Dr. Israel Weiss, Head of Orthopedic Oncology at Clalit-Beilinson Hospital & Dr. Yury Peysakhovich (first from the right), Head of Thoracic Surgery at Clalit-Beilinson Hospital during the operation.

Israeli surgeons use customized 3D implant to replace sternum, ribs in patient with rare cancer


Moderna cancer vaccine with Merck's Keytruda delays return of deadly skin cancer

The results add data details to partial findings released by the companies in December.

 Cancer Immunotherapy by  NIH Image Gallery.

A naturally-occurring protein may hold the cure to liver cancer - study

ATF4, previously thought to be an indicator of advanced-stage liver cancer, may hold the key to its prevention and treatment.

An illustrative image of a human liver.

Thyroid cancer: What is it and how can you detect it?

Unlike most types of cancer, thyroid cancer primarily affects relatively young people and is more common in women than men. However, it has a very high recovery rate.

 Thyroid cancer (Illustrative).

Are liquid biopsies better alternative for cancer diagnosis? - comment

Biopsies are taken to establish an initial diagnosis, seeking to determine whether or not the patient has cancer at all – and if so, how advanced it is.

 Growing cancer cells (in purple) are surrounded by healthy cells (in pink), illustrating a primary tumor spreading to other parts of the body.

TAU researchers successfully reduce brain metastases in mice for first time

The incidence of brain metastases has been increasing in recent years, probably as a result of improvements in diagnostic methods.

 A mouse.

Israeli cancer rates: How morbidity, mortality trends differ in cities - study

Examining data between 2014 and 2018, this report looked at Israeli cancer rates from three distinct perspectives – the national level, by gender and by geographic area.

Cancer (Illustrative)

Cancer cells are starving without this protein - study

This protein can cause major damage to cancer cells, whether it is present or not.

 Cancer Immunotherapy by  NIH Image Gallery.

Cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence anymore

With research improving early detection and treatment, there is some reason to be optimistic even after getting the dreaded diagnosis.

 Dividing cancer cell

What started off as a simple manicure ended up as skin cancer

It started with a simple manicure just before Thanksgiving, and almost ended with a finger being amputated.

 Person receiving a manicure (illustrative)

For the first time in Israel: Breakthrough cancer treatment employed in Holon

The treatment involved the injection of a radioactive substance called Oncosil into a patient diagnosed with advanced-stage pancreatic cancer. 

This innovative pancreatic cancer treatment is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a breakthrough technology, and so far about 250 cancer patients throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.