The second session of “Tratar o cancro por tu” – Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer – took place at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração Auditorium of Universidade de Aveiro.

Experts:

Fernando Schmitt, Senior Researcher, Head of the Molecular Pathology Unit at Ipatimup, and Professor of Pathology at the University of Porto

Joana Paredes, Principal Researcher and Leader of the Cancer Metastasis Group at i3S

Manuel Sobrinho Simões, Pathologist, Founder, and President of Ipatimup

Teresa Santos, General Surgery Doctor at Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga, Specialist in Breast Pathology

Participations:

Artur Silva, Vice-Headmaster of the University of Aveiro

Colibri – Arts&Culture, Theatre Group of the Matosinhos Association

Moderation:

Miguel Soares, Antena 1 Journalist

Tiago Alves, Antena 1 Journalist

“I don’t have good news to give you. There are big challenges ahead, but I can assure you we will do everything in our power to make sure things go as well as possible. Everything; everything; everything. As you can imagine, when I received this news, the first thing that happened was denial […], but the hardest part was when I had to tell my family […]. I’ve already told you I went for a mammogram because screening is crucial; maybe, perhaps, even life-saving. This moment in my life made me decide: either this will be a great burden, or it can be an incredible adventure!”

– Colibri – Arts & Culture performance during the second session of “Tratar o cancro por tu”