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US President Joe Biden walks out to speak at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, January 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 9, 2026, 10:52 am
Biden says prostate cancer radiation treatment ‘worked as intended’
Former US president says doctors helped control the disease and that he’s still doing what he cares about, ‘like finishing my memoir’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustration of Tel Aviv University's Prof. Yuval Ebenstein's new blood test, which uses a DNA chip to detect a tumor’s biological fingerprint. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
September 7, 2026, 11:00 am
$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows
Tel Aviv University researchers develop simple chip that skips DNA sequencing; findings can pave the way for earlier cancer diagnostics and real-time treatment monitoring
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image: a woman undergoes a mammogram (gorodenkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
September 20, 2023, 7:31 pm
Health officials remind Israeli women of new mammogram guidelines
As younger women increasingly diagnosed with disease, recommended age to begin screening goes down from 50 to 45
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israelis crowd the beach in Tel Aviv on a hot day during the Passover holiday, April 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90/File)
June 11, 2023, 10:20 pm
In sizzling Israel, Skin Cancer Awareness Week shines light on safety in the sun
With melanoma cases on the rise, Israelis are urged to schedule free dermatology checks, take precautions, and protect children and youth under 18
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Former Polish President Alekdander Kwasniewski touches a memorial for slain Jews at a ceremony marking 70 years since Polish villagers murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbors during World War II, in Jedwabne, Poland, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
September 12, 2022, 1:51 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 12: Poland seeks WWII reparations – for Jews killed by Poles
Diaspora reporter Judah Ari Gross delves into a shocking story out of Poland; health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings us the latest in COVID research and a cancer detection blood test
By ToI Staff
Pathologists at CorePlus in Puerto Rico reviewing a cancer heatmap generated using AI technology developed by Israel's Ibex Medical Analytics. (Courtesy)
October 19, 2021, 4:15 pm
Israeli startup Ibex Medical aims to transform cancer diagnostics with AI tech
Tel Aviv-based company inks new deal with Swiss multinational Roche, also sets up shop in US to fast-track regulatory approval
By Ricky Ben-David
A woman undergoing a medical mammography scan. (jovannig via iStock by Getty Images)
February 8, 2021, 8:02 pm
Futuristic Israeli blood test could replace cancer screening in decade: inventor
Hebrew University’s advanced DNA test already conducted on 1,000 people; method now published in prestigious peer-reviewed journal Nature Biotechnology
By Nathan Jeffay
Kim Kardashian West attending the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City, August 28, 2016. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images via JTA)
October 9, 2018, 11:06 pm
Jewish group to honor Kim Kardashian for backing bone marrow search
Celebrity shared bone marrow campaign to save father-of-three Adam Krief to millions of social media followers, leading to 4 matches and 1 transplant
By JTA
Lauren Corduck and her husband, Robb. (Maura Wayman Photography)
December 29, 2017, 6:08 am
Women with ‘Jewish’ gene helped by fellow carriers to learn cancer prevention
With a disproportionate number of Ashkenazic Jews carrying the BRCA genetic mutation, Lauren Corduck makes it her mission to inform via her organization Oneinforty
By Steve Maas
Illustrative: Better education about the dangers of sun exposure are credited for helping bring Israel's skin cancer rate down from the world's second-highest a decade ago to 18th today. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 29, 2017, 3:45 pm
The 3 cancers Jews need to worry about most — and how to reduce the risks
Since Ashkenazis have a genetic predisposition to several forms of the disease, doctors recommend preventative measures and screening for early detection
By Niv Elis
Adam Krief with his wife, Lia (Facebook)
December 7, 2016, 2:24 am
Jewish cancer patient finds bone marrow donor following worldwide search
Efforts to save Adam Krief received worldwide attention, and support from celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Mayim Bialik and Jason Biggs
By JTA
Illustrative: Cancer cells. (Pixabay)
July 12, 2016, 3:30 am
At Israel conference, experts call for more cancer screening
‘Testing all Ashkenazi Jews finds twice as many people with mutations as testing just those with family histories’
By JTA
Rendition of a Check-Cap pill traveling through the colon (Screenshot)
October 26, 2014, 6:51 pm
China backs ‘easier-to-stomach’ Israeli colon screening
China’s largest conglomerate is investing in Check-Cap’s pill-based colonoscopy substitute, hoping more people will be screened
By David Shamah
A woman with breast cancer undergoing a CT scan, June 18, 2012. (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash90)
September 8, 2014, 10:32 pm
Study calls for cancer gene screenings for all Ashkenazi women
Israeli report insists that women of European extraction should be tested for BRCA mutation linked to breast cancer
By JTA
A MobileOCT colposcope (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 30, 2014, 11:01 am
MobileOCT wins prize for cancer screening program
Israeli start-up uses mobile tech to help community organizations in California battle a dread women’s disease
By David Shamah
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