Second session of the fourth edition of the Ipatimup “Tratar o cancro por tu” initiative, in the Auditorium of the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração, University of Aveiro. Life after cancer: care, recovery and quality of life.

Experts:

Bárbara Parente, Pulmonologist, Head of Pulmonology service at the Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia

Edna Gonçalves, Director of the Palliative Care Service at Centro Hospitalar de São João

José Manuel Lopes, Pathologist at the Hospital Universitário de São João and Senior Researcher at Ipatimup/i3S

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

Participations:

Artur Silva, Vice-Headmaster of the University of Aveiro

Moderation:

Miguel Soares, Journalist, Antena 1

Tiago Alves, Journalist, Antena 1

“Today, five years after my illness, I thank Dr. Bárbara for allowing me to “tratar o cancro por tu” […] At first, I had to ask life for permission to do anything, but now I’ve stopped asking. Now I’m moving forward, I’ve started visiting my family more often, showing them the affection I feel for them, spending time with my friends. I have a guardian angel – my daughter – who sat me on Dr. Bárbara’s lap. Thank you, Doctor, from the bottom of my heart. I only wish that all people who have this problem could find the strength to fight, because that’s what we need – and we have people here who give us that strength.”

– Spectator, in testimony at the second session of “Tratar o cancro por tu”