
The “Tratar o cancro por tu” initiative returns to the road for a new cycle of cancer literacy sessions, focusing on prevention, early detection, and treatment.

Five years after the start of the "Tratar o cancro por tu" initiative, Ipatimup is once again touring the country to openly discuss cancer, promote health literacy, and bring science closer to the population.

Guarda will host the second session of “Tratar o cancro por tu”.

The Constantino Nery Municipal Theatre in Matosinhos hosted yesterday the inaugural session of the fifth edition of the national initiative “Tratar o cancro por tu”, promoted by Ipatimup.

The "Tratar o cancro por tu" initiative, organized by the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimup), is back for its fifth edition.

Cancer will not have a single vaccine, but it is increasingly becoming a controllable chronic disease, with screening, prevention, and information being the focus.

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.

Two-thirds of people with cancer survive, meaning that only one in three dies from the disease.

The "Tratar o Cancro por Tu" initiative returns for a fifth edition in 2026, with six sessions in various cities across the country.

The pathologist, who won the Pessoa Prize in 2002, was speaking about the fifth edition of the "Tratar o cancro por tu" cycle.