
Two-thirds of people who have cancer no longer die from the disease. Screening, prevention, control, and information should be the focus.

Manuel Sobrinho Simões further explains that there is no prospect of a vaccine being developed, so screening and prevention remain important.

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.

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.

Sobrinho Simões argues that screening, prevention, control, and information are essential in the fight against cancer.

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.

“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.

Researcher Manuel Sobrinho Simões stated that approximately two-thirds of people diagnosed with cancer no longer die from the disease.

The director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Elisabete Weiderpass, is clear in her message: it is not enough to detect and treat; it is urgent to protect and prevent.

Matosinhos will host the opening session of the 5th edition of the "Tratar o cancro por tu" initiative.