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.
UK's Princess Kate says relieved to be in remission after cancer treatment
Cancer is not a ‘battle’: Reframing the experience of people with cancer and its symptoms - opinion
‘I’ve never been with a bald man before’ - opinion
Colorectal cancer numbers trending down in Israel
Israel has seen a significant annual decrease of 2-3% in the incidence of colorectal cancer among women and men.
Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, says she has finished chemotherapy course
Princess Kate of Wales has announced that she will be returning to her public duties this year following the completion of her chemotherapy.
Chicken feathers can be used to reduce hair loss and nausea from chemotherapy - study
The team members said their development will make it possible, for the first time, for faulty enzymes to be replaced within the body.
With wigs, eyebrows and nipple tattoos, this project helps cancer patients feel like women again
The program offers qualifying women funding for certain non-medical services considered critical to the healing process but not usually fully covered by health insurance.
The 'boom-boom' protocol: Getting control over cancer - opinion
“Watch and wait” describes the limbo that sufferers of a chronic cancer like mine must navigate. You only treat when the tumors get large enough or you notice unpleasant “B” symptoms.
How one Israeli hospital is combatting chemotherapy-based hair loss
"Hair loss will gradually become a rare phenomenon during chemotherapy treatments," Dr. Larisa Rivo, Director of the Oncology Institute stated.
Israeli plastic surgeons perform innovative skin cancer treatment
An innovative treatment for cancerous skin tumors with fewer side effects was used at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
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.
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.
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.
'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."
