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Sharp rise in cancer cases under 50

Now more than a third of Chai Cancer Care’s clients – cancer patients and their loved-ones – are under 50

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Marc Rister, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2023 (Photo: Marc Rister)

Gaby after chemotherapy

Like Kate, I had abdominal surgery, then had to tell my children I had cancer

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HM the King speaks at Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel (Credit: Holocaust Educational Trust)

Jewish community offers messages of support to King following cancer diagnosis

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news

Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news

By Karen E H Skinazi

3 min read

I’m celebrating my Barbie-style foobs

I’m celebrating my Barbie-style foobs

By Karen E H Skinazi

3 min read

US actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the State Dinner in honor of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

DNA tests for breast cancer gene mutation affecting Ashkenazi Jews can lead to unnecessary surgery

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Why I scaled a peak before my surgery for cancer

Karen E H Skinazi

By Karen E H Skinazi

Why I scaled a peak before my surgery for cancer

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Woman suffering from cancer needs Jewish stem cell donor to save her life

Former magistrate Louise Kaye, who is suffering from blood cancer, needs to find an Ashkenazi Jewish match

By Rosa Doherty

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August 24, 2023 12:30

Woman suffering from cancer needs Jewish stem cell donor to save her life

Parents in race against time to raise £300k to keep cancer-hit toddler smiling

Robin Samuel was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer that mostly affects babies and young children

By Rosa Doherty

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August 9, 2023 13:24

Parents in race against time to raise £300k to keep cancer-hit toddler smiling

Esther Rantzen 'wondering' if asbestos in BBC buildings caused her lung cancer

The Childline founder was diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year

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July 27, 2023 16:02

Esther Rantzen 'wondering' if asbestos in BBC buildings caused her lung cancer

Karen E H Skinazi

By Karen E H Skinazi

I’m decluttering for peace of mind

I get Marie Kondo’s way of thinking: hold on to what makes you happy and when you let go of things were once meaningful, honour them

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July 27, 2023 14:34

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Author Marie Kondo attends 2016 Time 100 Gala, Time's Most Influential People In The World red carpet at Jazz At Lincoln Center at the Times Warner Center on April 26, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Time)

I feel blessed for all the thoughts which poured in after sharing my cancer news

Thoughts and prayers poured into my inbox when I shared I had breast cancer - and they make me feel very blessed

By Karen E H Skinazi

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July 6, 2023 14:28

I feel blessed for all the thoughts which poured in after sharing my cancer news

Cancer or not, I will certainly be at my boy's weddings

Karen Skinazi is determined that nothing will stop her from dancing at her boys’ weddings

By Karen E H Skinazi

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June 15, 2023 15:40

Cancer or not, I will certainly be at my boy's weddings

Dame Esther Rantzen reveals lung cancer has progressed to stage four

The Childline founder and BBC broadcaster said she didn't want to keep it a 'secret any more'

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May 30, 2023 10:22

British journalist Esther Rantzen arrives to attend a service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of late British singer Dame Vera Lynn, at Westminster Abbey, in central London, on March 21, 2022. (Photo by Hollie Adams / AFP) (Photo by HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

By Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

Here’s a test that might just save your life

The BRCA testing service could help you to dodge cancer as I was lucky enough to do

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February 9, 2023 12:40

Researchers from the Auragen laboratory prepare the sequencing of human genomes to better identify rare diseases, in Lyon, central-estern France, on February 23, 2022. - Nearly 8,000 rare diseases have been identified to date and they affect about three million people in France, the vast majority of whom are children. (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP via Getty Images)

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