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ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this photo taken Aug. 27, 2015, John Jay Hooker shows a melanoma spot that has shrunk since starting treatment at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, Tennessee (AP Photo/David Goldman)

February 22, 2019, 10:21 am

AI may be able to predict spread of melanoma, Israeli scientist says

Assaf Zaritsky says video sequence can by analyzed to identify the appearance, behavior of cells; fears use as a functional model for melanoma may be clinically irrelevant

By TOI staff

In this December 15, 2018 photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at an event organized by the Museum of the City of New York with WNET-TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York. (AP Photo/Rebecca Gibian)

February 15, 2019, 7:48 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to Supreme Court for 1st time since cancer operation

Judge attends private conference at the court; she has been recuperating at home since surgery to combat third bout with disease

By Agencies

An illustrative image of a cancer patient and perfusion drip. (CIPhotos, iStock by Getty Images)

February 3, 2019, 1:25 pm

Cancer cases drop among men, almost double among Arab women

Death from disease reduced among all population groups in last two decades, according to data released ahead of World Cancer Day

By Michael Bachner

January 17, 2019, 5:58 pm

Terminally ill Brit fulfills dream, records iTunes hit

Encouraged by his family, Mike Jacobs overcame his fears to make a song written over 30 years ago a reality. Now, following his death, it has become widely popular

By TOI staff

In this photo from November 30, 2018, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

January 11, 2019, 8:15 pm

US Supreme Court says Justice Ginsburg appears cancer free after surgery

Court says her recovery is ‘on track’ even as she missed three days of arguments this week, the first time that’s happened since she joined the court in 1993

By AP and TOI staff

Liron Walter helps a child with cancer put together a menorah for Hanukkah at the Daycare of Dreams kindergarten in Ramat Gan. (Courtesy Larger Than Life)

December 27, 2018, 3:47 am

In Israel, a sterile kindergarten built so cancer patients can just be kids

World’s only purpose-built facility of its kind, Ramat Gan’s Daycare of Dreams provides treatment and education for tots who otherwise might not be able to play with other children

By Larry Luxner

In this file photo from September 26, 2018, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a lecture at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images North America/AFP)

December 26, 2018, 6:15 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves hospital after cancer surgery

Spokeswoman for US Supreme Court says justice is now ‘recuperating at home’ following surgery to remove 2 malignant growths

By AP

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speaking at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

December 24, 2018, 9:14 pm

US Supreme Court says Ginsburg up and working after surgery

85-year-old justice remains hospitalized following operation to remove two malignant growths in her left lung

By AP

December 22, 2018, 5:56 pm

Cancer is latest health woe for resilient Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Jewish US Supreme Court justice and liberal icon has bounced back from previous medical issues

By Mark Sherman

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after the screening of 'RBG,' a documentary about her, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Caron Creighton)

December 21, 2018, 7:44 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths

Doctors find growths in lungs of the Jewish 85-year-old US Supreme Court judge following tests she had after fracturing ribs in a fall

By Agencies

Illustrative: An elderly man crosses the street in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2009. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

December 13, 2018, 1:16 pm

Cancer is Israel’s biggest killer, though death rate is among lowest in world

Arab Israelis more than twice as likely to die from man-made causes — accidents, murders, suicides — than Jewish Israelis, official figures show

By TOI staff

An illustration of how an Alpha particle can cause irreparable breaks in the DNA of cancer cells; Alpha Tau Medical says it has developed a technology in which these alpha particles can live long enough to destroy the cells (Courtesy)

December 12, 2018, 3:11 pm

Anti-tumor DaRT could point the way to new arsenal in battle against cancer

Tel Aviv-based startup Alpha Tau Medical says its can destroy solid tumors by injecting them with radioactive material in a simple needle procedure

By Federico Maccioni

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends an annual Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, Iran, November 24, 2018. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

November 26, 2018, 11:34 pm

US condemns ‘outrageous’ Rouhani ‘cancer’ snipe as Iran continues to bash Israel

Trump’s Mideast envoy accuses Iranian president of spreading ‘hateful & destructive ideology’; Islamic Republic’s supreme leader tweets: ‘To hell with’ US, Israel

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

November 25, 2018, 6:17 pm

‘Totally unacceptable’: EU raps Rouhani for calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’

In statement, bloc also reaffirms ‘fundamental commitment to the security of Israel’; Austrian chancellor condemns Iranian president’s remark

By TOI staff and Agencies

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

November 25, 2018, 3:20 pm

Iran’s supreme leader lashes out at ‘weak Zionist regime’

Khamenei statement comes a day after Netanyahu and Rouhani clash over the latter’s reference to Israel as a ‘cancerous tumor’

By TOI staff and Agencies