Prof. Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu
Research work
My lab focuses on the complex relationships between stress, the endocrine system, the immune system, and cancer progression, in both animals and humans. We also study unique anti-metastatic immune cell populations, and their inherent special ability to destroy tumor cells. Within the fields of “Perioperative treatment of cancer patients” and “PsychoNeuroImmunology”, we devise and test interventions to improve long-term survival, especially in cancer patients undergoing surgery for removal of a primary tumor.
Areas of interest & scientific knowledge
Behavioral Neuroscience
Clinical Neuroscience
System & Physiological Neuroscience
Selected Publications
- Haldar, R., Ricon, I., Radin, A., Gutman, M., Cole, S., Zmora, O., & Ben-Eliyahu, S. (in press). Perioperative COX2 and beta-adrenergic blockade improves biomarkers of tumor metastasis, immunity, and inflammation in colorectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial. Cancer.
- Matzner, P., Sandbank, E., Neeman, E., Zmora, O., Gottumukkala, V., & Ben-Eliyahu, S. (2020). Harnessing cancer immunotherapy during the unexploited immediate perioperative period. Nat Rev Clin Oncol, 17(5), 313-326. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0319-9
- Sorski, L., Melamed, R., Levi, B., Matzner, P., Lavon, H., Rosenne, E., . . . Ben-Eliyahu, S. (2020). Prevention of liver metastases through perioperative acute CpG-C immune stimulation. Cancer Immunol Immunother. doi: 10.1007/s00262-020-02596-7
