Chemotherapy

Fighting cancer: How a hospital stay at Hadassah feels like an international flight - opinion

I envisioned hospitalization as being somewhat akin to taking an international flight to an exotic location.

 An illustrative image of a man with luggage at an airport as a flight takes off.
 Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, is seen at The Mall opposite to Marlborough road, following Britain's King Charles' coronation ceremony, in London, Britain May 6, 2023.

UK's Princess Kate says relieved to be in remission after cancer treatment

The new treatment will prompt the patient's immune system to mobilize and defeat cancer cells

Cancer is not a ‘battle’: Reframing the experience of people with cancer and its symptoms - opinion

CANCER PATIENTS sit in a chemotherapy ward while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, in 2012qq

‘I’ve never been with a bald man before’ - opinion


'Lifesaving Test': The treatment that can save breast cancer patients from chemotherapy

"It saved my life on an emotional level. I was spared all of that suffering."


New Israeli, South Korean nanodrug precisely attacks chemo-resistant cancer

A single nanoparticle does two jobs: enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy and reinvigorating the immune system.

A tray containing cancer cells sits on an optical microscope in the Nanomedicine Lab at UCL's School of Pharmacy in London May 2, 2013.

Dental developmental anomalies differ in childhood cancer patients - study

Researchers found that combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy indicated an increased risk of DDA.

 12-year-old boy diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma at age 4 years, revealing abnormal occlusal relationships.

Meet the 22-year-old stuck in the body of an eight-year-old

This woman is stuck in the body of a girl. She’s 22, but at first glance she looks like she’s eight.

A PATIENT receives chemotherapy treatment

Original breakthrough cancer research from Sheba presented in workshop

The medical professionals being brought to the medical center received an intensive three-day training course in pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy for late-stage cancer.

Sheba Medical Center hosts Middle East PIPAC workshop for first time.

Braid of strength: Hair donation campaign launches for cancer patients

Pantene and Zichron Menachem, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting young cancer patients and their families, are teaming up for the eighth year to gather hair donations from women.

A woman getting her hair cut for donation in the "Braid of Strength" campaign

Cancer treatments significantly affected by diet, researchers find

Changes in diet can increase the toxicity of a chemotherapeutic drug by up to 100-fold.

A patient receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer

Cancer talk: ‘You’re not sick enough’

“You’re not sick enough to write about your health,” my friend intoned. “No one will take you seriously unless you’re close to death.”

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How are you?’ – 18 months later

Over the course of the last year and a half, I’ve replied in different ways at different points in my treatment.

‘HOW’S IT going’ has different connotations if you’ve been ill.

Cancer becomes matchmaker for British-Israeli couple

"People who have had cancer understand you in a way others can't"

A MARRIAGE proposal.