Israel Cancer Association
A new drug just entered Israel's health basket. Here's why it matters-opinion
The decision to add IWILFIN to the health basket demonstrates that Israel takes the lives of its youngest cancer patients seriously.
Israel Cancer Association launches 2025 'Knock on the Door' fundraiser
One-third of Israelis have started or resumed smoking amid ongoing war - survey
Efforts to improve cancer research must persist and intensify - opinion
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.
Israel can eradicate cervical cancer if right steps are taken - health chief
What are the main factors that dramatically increase the risk of cervical cancer and what can we do to eradicate it?
Israel Cancer Association marks 70th anniversary at launch of annual door-knock campaign
The ICA, which provides research, therapy, a telephone call-in service, educational tools, and help for families, receives its funding from the general public and from other nongovernmental sources.
Pay special attention to the signs and symbols this Rosh Hashanah
Colon Cancer Awareness Month: Early detection rising, mortality falling
While the incidence rate of colorectal cancer in Israel is slightly above the world average, the mortality rate is relatively low.
![Cancer cells [illustrative]](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/434955 "Cancer cells [illustrative]")
World Cancer Day: Mortality rates continue to drop in Israel
To mark the day, the ICA will carry out a variety of activities online for middle and high school students on healthy living.
Israel's pancreatic cancer foundation and how it's supporting people
The thing about pancreatic cancer which makes it so scary is that patients respond, often well, to certain chemo-therapies - until they stop responding
In Israel, more women diagnosed with lung cancer each year
The data showed, however, that among Jewish men, the rate of people diagnosed with the disease has decreased, as has the number of men who smoke.
Cancer survival rate among Israelis rises significantly
Evaluating patients diagnosed between 1996 and 2000 and those between 2011 and 2017, the data showed that relative survival rates increased sharply among both Jewish and Arab men and women.
Israel Cancer Association slams e-cigarettes, backs WHO report
"There is no consensus that this is less harmful than regular tobacco cigarettes," the ICA stated.
