About ICA

The Israel Cancer Association (ICA) is a non-profit organization leading the fight against cancer diseases in Israel, aiming to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality, aid, support and improve the quality of life of cancer patients, survivors and their families, and promote health for the public.

• The ICA was established in 1952, and is an NGO operating solely on public donations.
  
  
• ICA's activity and the projects it chooses to support are determined by professional committees, whose members serve on a voluntary basis, and are comprised of top medical and research professionals across the country. The projects supported by the ICA are carefully reviewed and selected solely according to professional criteria and national priorities.
  
  
• Local initiatives and a proud record of achievements have earned the ICA widespread public recognition, both nationally and internationally. The ICA has numerous Friends groups in several countries abroad and representations in noteworthy cancer leagues around the world.

• The President of the State of Israel serves as Patron of the ICA. The late Mrs. Suzy Eban served as its Founding President. The current Honorary President is Prof. Aharon Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry.  Prof. Moshe Mittelman serves as ICA Chairman. Mr. Leon Recanati serves as ICA Vice Chairman. Moshe Bar-Haim serves as ICA Director General.
  
  

• The ICA has an Executive Board comprised of public figures, medical professionals, research scientists, and a Board of Trustees. Thousands of volunteers are active in about 70 ICA branches dispersed throughout the country. The volunteers are involved in a wide range of activities for the welfare and support of cancer patients, helping to promote public health while reinforcing the ICA's connection to the community and to local authorities.
  
  

Our Range of Activities include:

• Funding and promoting cancer research
  
  
• Aide, support and rehabilitation of patients, survivors and their families
  
  
• Funding education and professional training for medical staff working with cancer patients
  
  
• Helping in construction and renovation of medical centers across the country
  
  
• Funding professional posts for medical services in hospitals and in the community
  
  
• Promoting patients' rights and legislation to benefit the public's health
  
  
• Professional training for medical staff
  
  
• Initiating and aiding the execution of cancer prevention and early detection programs
   
• Health promotion and extensive information public campaigns on reducing the risk of cancer by adopting a healthy lifestyle.

For detailed information on all of ICA's activities' click here