Cancer Treatment

Healing with AI: Hadassah’s Innovations in Cancer Detection and Treatment

Hadassah experts reveal how AI is driving major breakthroughs in cancer detection and treatment, offering new hope for patients in Israel and shaping global medical innovation.

 Paging Dr. AI - Hadassah on Call
 MATTI CASPI performs in 2015.

Matti Caspi seeks aid for cancer treatment

 Home Front Command forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 15, 2025.

Ukrainian child in Israel for Leukemia treatment killed in Bat Yam bombing, mother missing

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks during a dinner with US service members and their families ahead of Thanksgiving in New York.

Former US pres. Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer


To pee or not to pee: A cancer patient's experience with a nephrostomy - opinion

I’m looking forward to when my cancer is entirely gone, the nephrostomy is no longer needed, and I can pee like the rest of humanity again. 

 An illustrative image of kidneys.

Fighting cancer: How a hospital stay at Hadassah feels like an international flight - opinion

I envisioned hospitalization as being somewhat akin to taking an international flight to an exotic location.

 An illustrative image of a man with luggage at an airport as a flight takes off.

TAU develops AI tool to decode cell responses to cancer treatments

The innovative system merges two previously separate streams of biological data: gene activity at the single-cell level and know interactions between genes.

 (Left to right): Prof. Asaf Madi, Prof. Roded Sharan & PhD student Ron Sheinin.

When cancer treatment goes wrong: An irreversibly damaged kidney and worsened lymphoma - opinion

The stent hadn’t helped after all; the impacted kidney had, in fact, been irreversibly damaged and was now functioning at a paltry 20%. Why? The cancer was back, and worse.

Cancer (Illustrative)

TAU Unbound: Prof. Uri Ben-David is unlocking the secrets of cancer

WATCH: Prof. Ben-David shares the groundbreaking insights regarding cancer biology and treatment strategies.

  Prof. Uri Ben David, Tel Aviv University

Make-A-Wish Israel Changing ‘impossible’ to ‘possible’

‘The words ‘Making the impossible possible’ are inscribed on my desk. That’s what Make-A-Wish is all about,” says Denise Bar-Aharon, co-founder and CEO of Make-A-Wish Israel.

 CO-FOUNDER AND CEO of Make-A-Wish Israel Denise Bar-Aharon: ‘We really believe in hope, strength, and joy.’

Children and teens with cancer fight an additional battle - opinion

Amid the sea of collective pain that we navigate as a nation, life is a gift worth cherishing every single day.

 Mothers of children with cancer are taken on a respite vacation by the Larger Than Life organization.

Tel Aviv University researchers develop new cancer-fighting system - study

The researchers developed nanoparticles, which dissolve into water and carbon dioxide within a month, to encapsulate two different cancer- fighting drugs. 

 Illustrative image of scientific research.

‘I’ve never been with a bald man before’ - opinion

“I’ve always found the Israeli-man-with-the-shaved-head look to be very sexy,” my wife, Jody, said.

CANCER PATIENTS sit in a chemotherapy ward while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, in 2012qq

Colorectal cancer numbers trending down in Israel

Israel has seen a significant annual decrease of 2-3% in the incidence of colorectal cancer among women and men.

 A scientist studies cancer cells inside white blood cells through a microscope at the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) research centre in Stevenage, Britain November 26, 2019.

Immunai, AstraZeneca collaborate to optimize cancer clinical trials

Under the terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca will leverage Immunai’s platform and machine learning capabilities to inform certain oncology clinical trials.

Cancer (Illustrative)