Cancer

Ex-Labor Party chair Shelly Yachimovich reveals months-long battle with pancreatic cancer

Yachimovich said that she has been under medical monitoring since the operation and that the results so far have been encouraging.

Former Israeli politician Shelly Yachimovich. October 3, 2025.
Doctors at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 2026.

Jerusalem hospital performs first-ever alpha radiation treatment for recurring brain tumors

PAMELA LAUFER-UKELES on the court

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles returns to tennis after 20 years and a battle with breast cancer

Combination with statins may enhance the effect. Viagra

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


Daniel turned a family tragedy into a lifesaving search engine

Daniel Koren founded a search engine that locates clinical trials around the world for cancer patients, after his father passed away from the disease.

"Once every few weeks, I started receiving a request from someone for help." Daniel Koren

New study: Possible link between weight-loss drugs and slowing cancer spread

A broad study found a link between the use of GLP–1 receptor agonists and a decreased risk of metastatic progression in four types of cancer.

Radiation therapy for a cancer patient

Can organic fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of this cancer?

Vegetables are very healthy, but does it also matter how they were grown? Is there a health difference between organic and conventional produce? A new study examined this topic.

Organic vegetables

Head of IDF Ground Forces Planning Department, Col. Netanel Lasri, dies at age 40

Lasri, an armored corps officer, had previously served as commander of the 9th Battalion in the 401st Brigade and in the Golan and Hermon Brigade.

COL. NETANEL Lasri.

How cancer treatment gave me curly hair and a new perspective - opinion

After cancer treatment, hair often grows back curly, an unexpected but common sign of recovery.

What did I know from curls?

The test that could save millions of women from chemotherapy and is available in Israel

A large-scale international study has found that an advanced genomic test can identify which breast cancer patients can avoid aggressive treatment that could harm the body.

The test that could save millions of women from chemotherapy and is available in Israel

“Say thank you that you are alive, madam”: When cancer ends, life is shattered

About treatment ending, fear beginning, tears in the car alone, and rebuilding from loneliness. Dikla Shir, SHENA Center founder, writes about the day after and no survivor left alone.

Everything disappeared at once. I found myself alone. Even though I was never physically alone for a moment - I was alone with myself, with my fears and the thoughts of “Where do we go from here?” Dikla Shir.

Prostate cancer: The new diagnostic method for the most common cancer in men

Technologies combining MRI, robotics, and artificial intelligence are changing the way prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated, enabling more precise medicine.

Prostate cancer

Grapevine, June 5, 2026: Another good deal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Rami Levy

New shot for cancer can eradicate whole tumors in patients, trial shows - report

Of the 102 participants, 43 saw a difference in the size of their tumors: some 28 saw their tumors shrink significantly, while 15 of the patients’ tumors dissolved altogether.

Cancer Cell Spread and oncology or Malignant Cancerous Growth and Metastasis anatomy concept as growing tumor cells and Malignancy disease spreading metastasized as a 3D illustration.