Cancer incidence in Jewish migrants to Israel, 1961-1981.

Cervical neoplasia in Israeli Jewish women: characteristics in a low risk population.

The incidence of invasive uterine cervical cancer in Israeli Jewish women is persistently lower than in many other countries, although the frequency of premalignant lesions is similar to that in other populations. Most characteristics, except certain traditional habits, are similar to those in other populations. The incidence among women born in North Africa and their Israeli born descendants i...

The low incidence of cervical cancer in Jewish women: has the puzzle finally been solved?

The Challenges Facing State-Nation-Building in Israel

Completing the nation-building process for survival is one of the challenges that the Zionist regime has always faced. This regime has based its existence on a specific and complex identity that, at first glance, can be a strong point for the survival and formation of a society, but the specific characteristics of this identity based on race and population inequality, for This has posed some ch...

Trends of Thyroid Cancer in Israel: 1980–2012

OBJECTIVES Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing worldwide, while mortality from thyroid cancer is stable or decreasing. Consequently, survival rates are rising. We describe time trends in the incidence, mortality, and 5-year survival of thyroid cancer in Israel in 1980-2012, in light of the global trends. METHODS Israel National Cancer Registry database provided information regarding thyroi...

Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board Meeting Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis in Israel: Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward

Background and health system in the state of Israel Israel has a heterogeneous, relatively young population of 8.08 million, of whom about 80% are Jewish and 20% non-Jewish, mainly Arab (2012). It has experienced massive waves of immigration including in the late 1940s and 1950s migrants from North Africa, Arab countries, Romania and Poland followed by immigration from former USSR countries in ...