Cancer Treatment

Tel Aviv University study reveals how tumors hijack immune cells to fuel cancer growth and spread

The research focused on macrophages, immune cells responsible for removing damaged and dead cells from the body.

Radiation therapy for a cancer patient
Open hand holds the number 10 (illustrative).

Ten years left to live: Cancer-free, but life is not the same as it was - opinion

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Israeli-founded AI biotech Immunai launches drug-discovery collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim

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The complementary treatment that cancer patients asked to continue even after it ended


Ovarian cancer: Uncommon but fatal – six things you need to know

Ovarian cancer isn't considered common, but in many cases it's fatal. Due to vague symptoms, this cancer is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and is hard to treat.

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Parents who lost a child to cancer raise funds to help others

Shir for Life wants to advance groundbreaking research and is thus kickstarting a crowdfunding campaign today to reach this goal.

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Inbreeding of first cousins puts younger Arabs, Druze in Galilee at high risk for colon cancer

The study showed that mutations in the MUTYH gene associated with the hereditary MAP syndrome cause about 27% of the cases of polyposis patients.

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

TAU scientists discover new treatment for ovarian cancer

RNA-based nanodrugs show an 80% survival rate of the female reproductive system impacting cancer.

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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.

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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.

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