Dental team member compliance with personal protective equipment and aerosol-generating procedure recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: An observational study.

Introduction: Coronaviruses which have been responsible for numerous epidemics worldwide, share common transmission modalities and pose a risk within dental clinics. Updated, COVID-19-specific infection control and personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines for dental settings, including minimizing aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs), were issued by the Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) in spring 2020. This study investigated dental team members (dentists, dental assistants and hygienists) compliance with MoH recommendations exposed to asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients.

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission following exposure during dental treatment - A national cohort study.

Objectives: Health care workers are at an increased risk of SARS - CoV-2 transmission. The risk of infection for dental teams is assumed to be high, due to work settings, proximity to mouth, exposure to saliva and aerosols. There is a lack of evidence that quantifies the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission for dental patients and staff.

Cancer incidence and survival among infants in Israel, 1998-2007.

Cancer during the first year of life is relatively rare and often has clinical and biological properties different from those of the same histologic type of cancer occurring in older children. The aim of this study was to find differences in epidemiology and survival between infants and older children and to compare the percentage of distribution of infant cancer types in Israel with that reported in the United States. We collected infant <1 year of age cases diagnosed between 1998 and 2007 as having cancer from the database of the Israel National Cancer Registry, a total of 309 cases with an incidence rate of 228.

Cancer incidence and survival among adolescents in Israel during the years 1998 to 2009.

Purpose: Our goal was to describe adolescent cancer incidence and survival in Israel, and to identify demographic and epidemiologic variations among adolescents with cancer.

Patients And Methods: We used data from the Israel National Cancer Registry in order to examine the incidence and survival of adolescent cancer in Israeli adolescents aged 15-19 years, diagnosed during the years 1998-2009. Cases were analyzed according to sex, ethnicity and geographical region, as well as comparison to other countries in the region and other western countries.

Cancer incidence and survival among children and adolescents in Israel during the years 1998 to 2007.

Our goal was to describe childhood cancer incidence and survival in Israel and to identify demographic and epidemiologic variations among children and adolescents with cancer. We used data from the Israel National Cancer Registry to examine the incidence and survival of pediatric cancer in Israeli children aged 0 to 19 years, diagnosed during the years 1998 to 2007. Cases were analyzed according to sex, age, ethnicity, and geographic region.

A population-based study of selected demographic characteristics of Israeli-Jewish women with cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

Purpose: The age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) of invasive cervical cancer in Israeli-Jewish women is persistently low compared to many other countries. The aim of the present study was to assess selected demographic characteristics of Israeli-Jewish women with cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in an attempt to identify current selected risk factors.

Method: Included were all histologically confirmed SCC patients diagnosed during 2002-2004 according to the Israel National Cancer Registry.

Low incidence of brain tumors among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel.

Studies comparing brain tumor incidence have consistently shown lower incidence in Africans compared to European populations. We compared the incidence of brain tumors in Ethiopian immigrants and their Israel-born descendants with other Israeli subpopulations. We included all cases of benign or malignant brain tumors from 1992 to 2003, as reported to the Israel Cancer Registry, except individuals known to have been irradiated for tinea capitis.

Incidence trends of cervical adenocarcinoma in Israeli Jewish women. A population-based study.

Objective: To assess the trend over time of the relative frequency and incidence of adenocarcinoma (AC) in Israeli Jewish women.

Design: Register study.

Setting: Israel National Cancer Registry.

Time trends of incidence rates of thyroid cancer in Israel: what might explain the sharp increase.

Background: Worldwide changes in the incidence, histological type, and prognosis of thyroid cancer (TC) have been observed. Regional differences in the spectrum of TC may be related to genetic factors, ionizing radiation, lifestyle, and nutritional iodine, as well as to the availability of medical services.

Methods: Analysis of records of 5864 TC patients (diagnosed between 1982 and 2001), retrieved from the Israel National Cancer Registry.