Israel Cancer Association I Annual Report I 2018 Table of Contents Message from the Chairman ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Mark of Distinction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ICA’s Fight against Cancer Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Breakdown........................................................................................................... 4 Medical Services and Innovative Projects to Improve Patient Services and Treatment ................ 5 ICA Supported Oncology Services in Medical Institutions and Community Settings ...................... 8 Public Information and Health Promotion ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Early Detection ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Rehabilitation and Welfare .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Rosalind (Landy) Stern Palliative Home Care Service ............................................................................................................................................... 55 Sir Charles Clore Hostel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 57 Professional Training .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 Seminars and Conferences ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 International Conferences ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Research........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Memorial Funds Donated to ICA ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Data Collection and Follow up .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 Equipment, Construction and Development ........................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Collaborations .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 79 IT Support ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Volunteers and Local Fundraising Events ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 86 Friends of the ICA Abroad ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 95 2017 'Door Knock' Fundraising Campaign .................................................................................................................................................................................. 102 Editing: Public Information and Education Dept. Annual ‘Door Knock’ Fundraising Campaign Chairmen ................................................................................................................................ 108 Translation: Projects Dept. Bequests, Legacies and Commemorations ............................................................................................................................................................................... 110 Graphic Design: Studio Billet Copyright © 2018 The Israel Cancer Association Board and Committee Members 2018 ........................................................................ 111 Israel Cancer Association Friends of the ICA Abroad ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... back cover All Rights Reserved 1 Israel Cancer Association I Annual Report I 2018 Message from the Chairman For over 60 years the Israel Cancer Association, ICA, has been spearheading the struggle against cancer. The Association invests considerable resources in this blessed activity, which continues throughout the year, with the aim of reducing the mortality and morbidity rates of this disease and improving the quality of life for patients and survivors. A study that I conducted in collaboration with Prof. Lital Keinan Boker, Deputy Director of the Israel Center for Disease Control in the Ministry of Health, on the history of the development of cancer treatment in Israel, revealed a clear trend – a dramatic rise in the survival rates from cancer, a trend Prof. Aaron Ciechanover that continues to increase. This fact obliges the healthcare system to make suitable preparations in Nobel Prize Laureate order to provide a response to the needs of people surviving from cancer. Honorary President, Israel Cancer Association The following encouraging trends have recently been reported: In 91% of melanoma patients, the disease is detected at an early stage, and survival rates are improving, currently standing at 88% of men and 91% of women. By international comparison within the 20 leading countries with regard to the incidence rates, men in Israel are in 13th place while women are in 20th place. Previously, Israel was in 3rd place, so now there is real prevention. In the last 25 years there has been an increase in the rate of early detection of colon cancer. By international comparison, mortality rates from this disease in Israel are below the OECD average. There has been a rise in the early detection rates of breast cancer in women, thanks to the mammography program that was initiated at the beginning of the 1990s by the ICA, and which has since then been operated together with the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with all the Health Funds. In recent years Prof. Eliezer Robinson there has also been a decline in mortality from breast cancer among Israeli women. Chairman, Israel Cancer Association These positive changes can be attributed to the constant improvements in early detection and in the innovative treatment modalities, as well as the wide-range of activities of the Association in all areas: support for research, providing updated information and promoting public health, raising awareness of the importance of early detection, improving the services available to cancer patients in the oncology departments of medical centers, and so on. At the same time, the Association’s Rehabilitation & Welfare Department runs programs and projects for the benefit of patients, survivors, and their families, as well as organizes seminars, courses, workshops and activity groups, with the assistance of professionals and volunteers, at the “Strong Together”® support centers and in the Association’s branches all over the country. The Association’s website has recently been upgraded, with the emphasis on innovative design combined with a convenient and more advanced