Cancer detection

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

The lessons she received from playing tennis and from surviving breast cancer now intersect on the courts of Ra’anana, where the 50-year-old law professor and competitive tennis player trains.

PAMELA LAUFER-UKELES on the court
Yoav Shriker, Yahalom soldier who died of cancer on July 7, 2026.

IDF combat engineer who broke marathon records while battling cancer dies at 29

Medicine cabinet

Israeli-founded AI biotech Immunai launches drug-discovery collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim

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


TAU researchers successfully reduce brain metastases in mice for first time

The incidence of brain metastases has been increasing in recent years, probably as a result of improvements in diagnostic methods.

 A mouse.

Israeli cancer rates: How morbidity, mortality trends differ in cities - study

Examining data between 2014 and 2018, this report looked at Israeli cancer rates from three distinct perspectives – the national level, by gender and by geographic area.

Cancer (Illustrative)

Cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence anymore

With research improving early detection and treatment, there is some reason to be optimistic even after getting the dreaded diagnosis.

 Dividing cancer cell

Throat cancer: Symptoms and causes for concern - explainer

Smoking is the primary cause of throat cancer, but not the only one. Which symptoms are a red flag indicating that you need to be checked, not ignored?

 What are the warning signs of throat cancer? (Endocrinologist examining throat of young woman in clinic, illustrative)

What started off as a simple manicure ended up as skin cancer

It started with a simple manicure just before Thanksgiving, and almost ended with a finger being amputated.

 Person receiving a manicure (illustrative)

This type of cancer is preventable. There's no reason to die from it today

Prof. Tali Levy, director of the gynecology and oncology unit at Wolfson Hospital, explains everything you need to know about cervical cancer, and how risk can be lowered from a young age.

 A woman awaits her medical examination (illustrative)

The power of the soul makes miracles happen -opinion

With all due respect to the important treatments the world of cancer medicine has to offer, the patient’s spirit can have an outsized impact.

 ‘ONE OF the most important lessons I learned was from a person who was not a doctor. He was not even an adult but rather a teenager. His name was Menachem,’ says the writer.

Community gardening helps reduce cancer, boost mental health, study shows

A study shows that gardening outdoors helps you get more exercise, increase your consumption of fiber and reduce your risk of cancer.

 University of Colorado at Boulder Prof. Jill Litt checks on a plant at a community garden in Denver, Colorado.

Prostate cancer testing demand rises following famous guitarist's diagnosis

After Duran Duran’s guitar legend Andy Taylor announced his battle with prostate cancer, more patients have recently been seeking early diagnosis of the disease, the most common malignancy among men

 Micrograph of prostate cancer with Gleason score 6 (3+3)

Testing Ashkenazis aged 30-65 for breast cancer gene is cost effective - study

The Health Ministry strictly limited the number of Ashkenazi women who could be tested for breast cancer at no cost.

Breast cancer illustrative photo.