Israel Cancer Association

The study showed that mutations in the MUTYH gene associated with the hereditary MAP syndrome cause about 27% of the cases of polyposis patients.

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The ICA, which provides research, therapy, a telephone call-in service, educational tools, and help for families, receives its funding from the general public and from other nongovernmental sources.

While the incidence rate of colorectal cancer in Israel is slightly above the world average, the mortality rate is relatively low.

To mark the day, the ICA will carry out a variety of activities online for middle and high school students on healthy living.

The thing about pancreatic cancer which makes it so scary is that patients respond, often well, to certain chemo-therapies - until they stop responding

The data showed, however, that among Jewish men, the rate of people diagnosed with the disease has decreased, as has the number of men who smoke.

"There is no consensus that this is less harmful than regular tobacco cigarettes," the ICA stated.

Evaluating patients diagnosed between 1996 and 2000 and those between 2011 and 2017, the data showed that relative survival rates increased sharply among both Jewish and Arab men and women.