Israel Cancer Association - Annual Report 2023

Rehabilitation and Support

The Israel Cancer Association initiates and runs an extensive variety of rehabilitation and support programs for patients, survivors and their families. The Rehabilitation and Support Department is headed by MSW Orit Spira . Seminars for Patients, Survivors, and Family Members

• Online seminar on rectal cancer : Held in March 2023. • Online seminar on thyroid cancer : Held in March 2023 courtesy of Roche Pharmaceuticals (Israel) Ltd . • Online seminar on metastatic breast cancer : Held in May 2023 in collaboration with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, courtesy of Novartis Israel . • Online seminar on lymphoma and CLL : Held in june 2023, courtesy of Roche Pharmaceuticals (Israel) Ltd . • Online lung cancer seminar: Held in November 2022 in collaboration with Rabin Beilinson Medical Center, courtesy of Roche Pharmaceuticals (Israel) Ltd . • On line seminar on uterine cancer: Held in June 2023, courtesy of MSD and EISAI . • Online seminar on metastatic breast cancer : Held in July 2023, courtesy of Roche Pharmaceuticals (Israel) Ltd . • Online seminar on hematological cancer: Held in July 2023, in collaboration with Hadassah Medical Center.

The Rehabilitation and Support Dept. regularly organizes seminars on diverse subjects related to cancer diseases and their implications, namely treatment modalities, side effects and different coping strategies for the cancer patient and family members. Some of the seminar days are recorded and uploaded to the ICA website. The positive feedback and the warm responses to these seminars verify their significant impact and reinforce the need to continue holding this important activity each year. MSW Orit Spira , Director of the Rehabilitation and Support Department of the Israel Cancer Association, is in charge of organizing the ICA’s nationwide seminars, aided by Limor Shraga , Coordinator of Reach to Recovery® and Special Projects. Due to the success of running seminars on line, this year, some of the seminars continued online and some resumed as a physical gathering. Due to the Israel-Hamas War, October-December 2023 seminars were cancelled. • Online seminar on cervical cancer : Held in January 2023. • Online seminar on colon cancer : Held in March 2023.

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