Prof. Baruch Modan (1932–2001)
University of Tel Aviv was an Israeli
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medical scientist
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. Prof. Modan made significant findings in the field of oncology
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and was an expert on the effects of radiation.
Prof. Modan worked with various types of cancer
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, and in 1974 demonstrated that the chances of getting breast cancer
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increase for anyone who has had X-ray
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dosages as low as 1.6 rem. He was an expert on treating cancer among children.
A professor at the University of Tel Aviv
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, Prof. Modan was Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology and Head of the Stanley Steyer Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Research at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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History
The Sackler School of Medicine was named for Arthur, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, and was founded and named prior to the ...
. He was also Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Health.
He was the father of Rutu Modan
Rutu Modan ( he, רותו מודן, born 1966) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. She is co-founder of the Israeli comics group Actus Tragicus and published the graphic novels '' Exit Wounds'' (2007) and '' The Property'' (2013).
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References
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Israeli oncologists
Tel Aviv University faculty
1932 births
2001 deaths
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