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26A January 2022 ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD

Breast cancer patients spared chemotherapy?

American Friends of Rabin Medical Center, together with The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
Women’s Giving Circle, supports The BRCA Genetic Research and Treatment at Rabin Medical Center.

This program is sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
abin Medical Center serves the pandemic, Dr. Yerushalmi’s re- cal examinations and a CA-125 blood
one sixth of the cancer popu- search presented that a much smaller test. With a team of three oncologists, RABIN MEDICAL CENTER’S ISRAEL IS AT THE CENTER
Rlation in Israel and Dr. Rinat portion of the BRCA patients could two surgeons, a gynecologist and a ra- BRCA CLINIC AT EXPANDED OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL
Yerushalmi has more than 400 BRCA be spared chemotherapy, despite the diologist, the clinic serves hundreds of
(BReast CAncer gene) healthy pa- early-stage diagnosis, compared to the BRCA carriers annually. DAVIDOFF CANCER CENTER SECURITY ORDER
tients in her Rabin BRCA clinic. She general breast cancer population due Another way American Friends Rabin’s BRCA Clinic has become a The recent five-day drill in the Red Sea
is involved in clinical trials including to their unique tumor behavior. This of Rabin Medical Center supports the center of excellence that serves thou- was the first time in history that forc-
original initiatives. At the 11 Europe- phenomenon, currently investigated Rabin Medical Center BRCA Clin- sands of patients across Israel, and es from Bahrain, Israel, the UAE and
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an Breast Cancer Conference before on the molecular level, is a highly im- ic is with its annual Cheryl Diamond 5,000 visitors annually. The clinic aims the U.S. Navy trained together. There
portant message for patients 5K Cancer Run/Walk Schlep in Cen- to provide the earliest possible treat- is now a large, organized bloc of coun-
who choose surveillance tral Park, New York City (Sunday, ment of breast and ovarian cancers. tries opposed to Iran’s ambitions of re-
over prophylactic surger- August 21, 2022), and Santa Barbara, ‹ FACT: The Davidoff Cancer Cen- gional hegemony. After the Abraham
ies. Strict surveillance is California (Winter 2022). In 2022 it ter at Rabin includes six units and Accords altered the geopolitical land-
important to reveal very is looking to expand the Cancer Sch- clinics, seven departments, and ex- scape, Israel was moved from the U.S.
early-stage tumors but re- lep to Southern Florida. For more in- panded to twice its previous size in European Command’s area of respon-
search shows that even formation on how to volunteer or join 2020. sibility to Central Command, making
surveillance probably will a Florida Schlep steering committee, ‹ FACT: 10% of breast cancer pa- it easier for the U.S. to organize joint
not spare chemotherapy in please email afrmc@afrmc.org or call tients carry the mutated BRCA military drills in Israel. Another recent
BRCA carriers. 212.279.2522. gene, and carriers face an 80% joint training exercise involved 500
Created to serve this American Friends of Rabin Medi- chance of developing breast or U.S. Marines who trained with Israeli
population, the Breast Can- cal Center thanks The Jewish Feder- ovarian cancer. commandos.
cer Unit’s BRCA Clinic ation of Sarasota-Manatee Women’s ‹ FACT: 10% of all Israeli women In October, air force units from
recommends biannual visits Giving Circle for its support of the with breast cancer receive treat- France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy,
including follow-up breast BRCA Clinic at Israel’s Rabin Medical the UK and the U.S. flew in the bienni-
Dr. Rinat Yerushalmi, Co-Director of Rabin’s BRCA Clinic; ment at Rabin’s Cancer Center.
Director of Breast Cancer Lab at Felsenstein Research Center examinations, gynecologi- Center in Petach Tikvah, Tel Aviv. al Blue Flag drill over Israel, the larg-
est number of countries in the exercise
since it began in 2013. In July, Israel
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hosted American, British and German
8 READ UK and the U.S. flew F-35s together
drone operators. In June, Israel, the

as part of the Tri-Lightning exercise. In
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