The third session of the Ipatimup initiative “Tratar o cancro por tu” took place at the Jesuit College Auditorium – Colon Cancer.

Experts:

Fátima Carneiro, Senior Researcher at Ipatimup/i3S, Head of the Pathology Department at Hospital de São João, and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto

Jorge Fernandes, General Surgery Specialist

José Carlos Machado, Specialist in Molecular Genetics, Vice-President of Ipatimup, Professor of Medicine at the University of Porto, and Coordinator of the Cancer

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

Participations:

Pedro Ramos, Regional Secretary of Health for the Autonomous Region of Madeira

Sílvio Fernandes, Headmaster of the University of Madeira

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

Moderation:

Miguel Soares, Antena 1 Journalist

Tiago Alves, Antena 1 Journalist

“Even for people with very advanced cases, over 70% do not die from bowel cancer. It doesn’t mean we cured them, but we now have very good medications to control the disease. It’s not the word cure.”

– Manuel Sobrinho Simões, in an interview with RTP Madeira

“Pedro Ramos highlighted the importance of primary prevention, the “change in our lifestyles,” secondary prevention “through adherence to population-based screening,” and tertiary prevention “due to our longevity, resulting from the success of healthcare.” “It’s not enough to have more years, but to add more life to those years,” said Pedro Ramos, emphasizing the importance of adhering to colorectal cancer screening available in the RAM to “promote health, protect health, and, essentially, prevent disease.””

– Regional Government of Madeira website, on the third session of “Tratar o cancro por tu”