Tumors

Ex-Labor Party chair Shelly Yachimovich reveals months-long battle with pancreatic cancer

Yachimovich said that she has been under medical monitoring since the operation and that the results so far have been encouraging.

Former Israeli politician Shelly Yachimovich. October 3, 2025.
Cancer Cell Spread and oncology or Malignant Cancerous Growth and Metastasis anatomy concept as growing tumor cells and Malignancy disease spreading metastasized as a 3D illustration.

New shot for cancer can eradicate whole tumors in patients, trial shows - report

Cambridge University archaeologists and students discover 9th century CE mass burial pit during a training dig at Wandlebury Country Park on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, February 4, 2026.

Cambridge students find burial pit, 9th century ‘giant’ who underwent surgery during training dig

 Brig.-Gen. Amit Sa'ar speaks at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2022

Amit Sa'ar, head of IDF Research Department on October 7, dead at 47


Two cancer treatments, carefully selected, can be much better than one

An AI tool based on a new concept called “meta-synergy” helps find more powerful drug combinations.

 Prof. Yosi Shamay (right) and doctoral student Dana Meron Azagury at the Controlled Release conference.

The challenges and rewards of rehabilitation - opinion

Imagine yourselves at the age of 15, with a million plans for the future, but facing a shocking reality where those plans were crumbling around them.

 RECOVERY CAN be a walk in the park.

Shocking discovery: Man tests positive on pregnancy test, leaves doctor astonished

A 42-year-old man's severe abdominal pain leads to a surprising positive pregnancy test, a shocking diagnosis, and many medical questions.


Israel, China team hopes to crack cure for advanced-stage solid tumors

Israel's Enlivex Therapeutics and China's BeiGene teamed up to study combining macrophage reprogramming and an anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor.

 A doctor prepares to administer Allocetra. (Illustrative photo)

World Cancer Day on February 4 observed by 172 health orgs worldwide

Sweet drinks and junk foods – as well as tobacco and alcohol – are addictive and known causes of obesity and malignancies

Cancer illustrative

How do we solve problems without prior experience? - study

Brain area necessary for "fluid intelligence" has been identified

 The brain (illustrative).

Israeli biotech company begins trial for cancer immuno-oncology solution

The company’s product, NTX1088, blocks the harmful overexpression of PVR proteins, which occurs in tumors caused by lung, breast, throat and other cancers.

Cancer (Illustrative)

Cancerous tumors can contain multiple species of fungi, new study finds

Malignant growths contain multiple species of fungi that differ according to the type of the tumor, according to the research, which has just been published in the journal Cell.

An “archaeological excavation” unearthing fungi within cancerous tumors.

Brain cancer in mice eradicated in groundbreaking Israeli study

A groundbreaking cancer study at Tel Aviv University found a way to eradicate a deadly type of brain cancer in mice.

An image of the human brain

This tumor in one man’s brain turned out to be something else entirely

The tumor found in this man's brain turned out to be something repulsive and completely different than expected.

 The brain