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Israel Cancer Research Fund

Israel has become a hub for cancer research, including at this lab at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)
August 29, 2019, 10:31 am
Cancer research fund announces 69 new grants to Israeli scientists, institutions
ICRF hopes new donations, at $4.3 million, will encourage the Jewish state to continue to serve as ‘a major source of innovation’
By ToI Staff
Tamir Gilat, a former soccer player turned entrepreneur, was given just months to live when he was first diagnosed with two kinds of cancer in early 2011. (Courtesy of Gilat)
September 23, 2017, 8:53 am
Ex-Israeli soccer player fighting 2 cancers still focused on helping others
Defying the odds, Tamir Gilat has been living with pancreatic and kidney cancer for almost 7 years. On top of it all, he just lost his wife to breast cancer
By Michele Chabin
Despite all the public awareness about the dangers of sun exposure, the number of people being diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has skyrocketed over the past three decades. Jews are at higher risk than most. (DESEO/Getty Images via JTA)
August 6, 2017, 1:33 am
Israeli scientists offer rays of hope in fight against skin cancer
With high rates of melanoma among Jews, researchers single out cells that can help counter cancerous sun exposure
By Michele Chabin
Jeffrey Kriezelman, left, a lawyer and avid outdoorsman, credits his doctor son Justin, right, with spotting the cancerous lesion on his vertebrae that led to his early diagnosis of multiple myeloma. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Kriezelman/via JTA)
July 8, 2017, 11:03 pm
This Chicago lawyer’s life was saved by two Israeli Nobel Prize winners
Myeloma, a cancer of the blood in bone marrow, used to have a five-year survival rate of 25%. With one new treatment, that number has risen to 75%
By Ben Hartman
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
Hockey player Sam Fields was diagnosed with cancer at age 27, just weeks before he was scheduled to go to NHL training camp. (Courtesy ICRF/via JTA)
March 11, 2017, 4:57 pm
Miracle drug with Israeli roots saves Jewish hockey player hit with cancer
In 2003, when Sam Fields was given two weeks to live, Gleevec wasn’t known to help his condition. 14 years later, back from death’s door, the athlete says without it, he simply ‘wouldn’t be here’
By Abigail Pickus
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