Chemotherapy

How cancer treatment gave me curly hair and a new perspective - opinion

After cancer treatment, hair often grows back curly, an unexpected but common sign of recovery.

|ByBRIAN BLUM
What did I know from curls?
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 Israeli-led AI model to predict chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer

Technion researchers part of international study that validates fast, accessible alternative to genomic tests using routine pathology samples.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Marina Ilyenko, a 38-year-old mother of two with lung cancer

Campaign seeks to help mother of two continue life-saving cancer treatment

Supporters say Marina Ilyenko, 38, needs urgent financial help after funding for a critical drug was halted, leaving her family to face crushing monthly costs alone.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
James Van Der Beek attends a premiere in Hollywood, May 14, 2025; illustrative.

The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek's death at 48 underscores the growing trend of colon cancer among those under 50, now the leading cause of cancer death in this age group.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

Cancer treatments significantly affected by diet, researchers find

Changes in diet can increase the toxicity of a chemotherapeutic drug by up to 100-fold.

JUNE 9, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
A patient receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer

Cancer talk: ‘You’re not sick enough’

“You’re not sick enough to write about your health,” my friend intoned. “No one will take you seriously unless you’re close to death.”

DECEMBER 5, 2019ByBRIAN BLUM
cancer

How are you?’ – 18 months later

Over the course of the last year and a half, I’ve replied in different ways at different points in my treatment.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019ByBRIAN BLUM
‘HOW’S IT going’ has different connotations if you’ve been ill.

Cancer becomes matchmaker for British-Israeli couple

"People who have had cancer understand you in a way others can't"

AUGUST 25, 2019ByBENJY SINGER
A MARRIAGE proposal.