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

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

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


Israeli research institute makes great contributions to cancer research

Technologies including artificial intelligence-based diagnostic software may be changing how the disease is detected and treated in the future.

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Which daily habit can cut risk of esophageal cancer by 20%?

There’s a daily part of your grooming routine that you hopefully have been doing since you were a child, and if so your risk of a really painful cancer can decrease. Curious? Here are the facts.

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Lymphoma is the 'young people's cancer' - here's what you need to know

Many types of cancer are diagnosed when a person is older, like after age 50, yet cancers that are lymphomas are more common in young people. What are the typical symptoms?

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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.

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Canadian fund for Israel cancer research announced $1 million donation

"This extraordinary gift will make a real difference in the fight against female reproductive cancers," assured Bryna Goldberg, ICRF's international chairwoman.

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New cancer test can diagnose aggressive tumors in just two hours

The test can accurately differentiate between benign, non-metastatic, and metastatic tumors within hours of biopsy.

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Groundbreaking blood test can detect cancer years before symptoms appear

Developed by a Sino-US startup, the groundbreaking new blood test is referred to as PanSeer.

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Tel Aviv-based Ibex to provide AI cancer diagnosis support to UK's NHS

Ibex's Galen Prostate solution has been adopted by LDPath, a major provider of pathology services to the NHS.

Ibex uses AI to help pathologists minimize diagnostic errors

Israeli start-up Ibex helps detect cancer using AI

Ibex offers an important contribution in facing two challenges, the shortage of pathologists and the occurrence of human errors

 Image of the first-ever case of a misdiagnosed cancer detected by an AI solution in real time in pathology – in this case a prostate cancer that was detected by our Galen Prostate solution, on a biopsy that was previously diagnosed as benign by the pathologist.

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

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