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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Prostate cancer

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes remarks at a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, at the Pentagon in Washington, November 22, 2023. (Cliff Owen/AP)
January 9, 2024, 10:26 pm
US Defense Secretary Austin being treated for prostate cancer, doctors reveal
After Pentagon chief’s hospitalization was kept secret from Biden and the public, medical officials say he had surgery for the cancer and later developed a urinary tract infection
By Seung Min Kim and Zeke Miller
Illustrative: A cancer patient and a 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
An illustrative photo of a physician speaking to a patient. (AJ Watt/Getty Images via JTA)
March 14, 2018, 2:48 am
New study on cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews aims to be model for genetic testing
Public urged to sign up online for checks in four US cities, get results on genetic mutation directly from doctor, in innovative process researcher says is sure to save lives
By Josefin Dolsten
Keren Gueta Milshtein, Director of R&D at Micromedic Technologies Ltd. (Courtesy)
February 27, 2018, 4:04 am
Israeli team says new test takes uncertainty out of prostate cancer screening
CellDetect manages to accurately screen for disease, solving problem of current test which sometimes shows cancer where there is none, makers say
By ToI Staff
Working on breast cancer research at the Ben-Porath laboratory, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 3:04 pm
Cancer rates for men down in Israel, but not for women
Results attributed to decrease in colon and prostate cancer rates; breast cancer incidence stable for 25 years
By ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot speaks at a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya January 2, 2017. (Flash90)
February 1, 2017, 9:42 am
After cancer operation, IDF chief returns to work
Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot underwent successful prostate surgery last month
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Ben Stiller poses for photographers upon arrival at the February 4, 2016 premiere of the film 'Zoolander No.2,' in London. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
October 5, 2016, 1:27 pm
Ben Stiller says he beat prostate cancer
Actor, 50, says he was diagnosed two years ago, praises early PSA screening; Ashkenazi Jews have a higher rate of the disease
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A broker at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
From the WebJuly 7, 2016, 4:53 pm
Micromedic jumps after cancer diagnosis trial success
Globes: The company’s share price jumped over 75 percent in Tel Aviv following the news of positive results in a trial of its prostate cancer diagnosis solution based on urine samples
Illustrative: Cancer cells. (Pixabay)
July 7, 2016, 12:08 pm
New prostate cancer test strives to slash biopsies
Israeli-run Cleveland Diagnostics develops exam to determine whether antigens produced by cancer cells or normal cells
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Cancer cells. (Pixabay)
April 3, 2016, 5:05 pm
Weizmann-developed drug may be speedy prostate cancer cure, studies show
In a trial, a photosynthesis-based therapy eliminates cancer in over 80% of patients – and could be used to attack other cancers, too
By David Shamah
An illustration of a cancer cell. (photo credit: Cancer image)
September 28, 2014, 4:58 pm
Israelis test first targeted multi-drug cancer therapy
Scientists say the treatment could one day make cancer drugs more potent with fewer side effects
By Andrew Tobin
Illustrative photo of cancer research at a lab at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)
June 5, 2014, 4:59 pm
Study links circumcision to lower prostate cancer rates
Preliminary Canadian report stops short of recommending the procedure to lower risk of disease
By JTA
Dr. Sherwin Nuland in his home study in Hamden, Connecticut, in a file photo from 1996 (Photo credit: Bob Child/AP)
March 5, 2014, 8:57 am
‘How We Die’ author Sherwin Nuland passes, aged 83
Jewish medical ethicist was critical of profession’s obsession with prolonging life when treatment was futile
By AP
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