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Cancer won't have a vaccine but it can be controlled: "Tratar o cancro por tu" initiative will address the disease.
Day 12 January 2026
SIC Notícias: There won’t be a vaccine for cancer, but it can be controlled
Manuel Sobrinho Simões, the pathologist who won the Pessoa Prize in 2002, says that “we cannot speak of a cure, but we can speak of control.
CNN Portugal: CNN Portugal: Two-thirds of people with cancer no longer die from the disease
Sobrinho Simões argues that screening, prevention, control, and information are essential in the fight against cancer.
Saúde+ TV: Cancer won’t have a vaccine, but it can be controlled – Sobrinho Simões
Two-thirds of people who have cancer no longer die from cancer, but there won't be a vaccine, so screening, prevention, control, and information should be the focus.
Saúdeonline: Two-thirds of people with cancer no longer die from the disease.
“Every year the number of cancers increases significantly, but the number of people dying from cancer has not increased. This means that we are improving the control rate every year,” explained pathologist Sobrinho Simões.
Jornal As Notícias – Reino Unido: Cancer won’t have a vaccine, but it can be controlled – Sobrinho Simões
Researcher Manuel Sobrinho Simões stated that approximately two-thirds of people diagnosed with cancer no longer die from the disease.