chemotherapy

The team members said their development will make it possible, for the first time, for faulty enzymes to be replaced within the body.

The program offers qualifying women funding for certain non-medical services considered critical to the healing process but not usually fully covered by health insurance. 

“Watch and wait” describes the limbo that sufferers of a chronic cancer like mine must navigate. You only treat when the tumors get large enough or you notice unpleasant “B” symptoms.

"Hair loss will gradually become a rare phenomenon during chemotherapy treatments," Dr. Larisa Rivo, Director of the Oncology Institute stated.

An innovative treatment for cancerous skin tumors with fewer side effects was used at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

The treatment involved the injection of a radioactive substance called Oncosil into a patient diagnosed with advanced-stage pancreatic cancer. 

The results of a recent trial show potential benefits of undergoing chemotherapy before surgery for colon cancer.