Chemotherapy

New Israeli-led AI model to predict chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer

Technion researchers part of international study that validates fast, accessible alternative to genomic tests using routine pathology samples.

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.
Marina Ilyenko, a 38-year-old mother of two with lung cancer

Campaign seeks to help mother of two continue life-saving cancer treatment

James Van Der Beek attends a premiere in Hollywood, May 14, 2025; illustrative.

The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer

 An illustrative image of a man with luggage at an airport as a flight takes off.

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


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.

Chemotherapy before surgery cuts risk of return of colon cancer -study

The results of a recent trial show potential benefits of undergoing chemotherapy before surgery for colon cancer.

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Gut bacteria can fight sleep disorders, jet lag, help chemo - study

The study showed how byproducts produced by gut bacteria reset the internal clock that determines when intestinal cells perform their necessary functions.

Low magnification micrograph of small intestinal mucosa.

'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