The Ipatimup – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, in partnership with Antena 1, promotes a series of conferences and podcast sessions on cancer literacy. The aim is to simplify concepts, place patients at the center of the debate, and create opportunities to hear from experts about medical and scientific advances in the treatment of a disease that still kills more than 28,000 Portuguese people a year. An initiative supported by Roche.
1st conference 2026: Matosinhos | early detection
With Manuel Sobrinho Simões, pathologist, founder and president of Ipatimup; Elisabete Weiderpass – Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC); Vítor Neves, President of Europcolon; Nuno Ribeiro, researcher at the Cancer Prevention Unit of Ipatimup (Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto).
Special participation: Jorge Sequeira
Moderation: Tiago Alves and Miguel Soares
Listen at: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9897/e903521/tratar-o-cancro-por-tu
2nd conference 2026: Guarda | Oncological Medicine
With Manuel Sobrinho Simões, pathologist, founder and president of Ipatimup; Fernando Schmitt, Senior Researcher and Director of the Molecular Pathology unit at Ipatimup and Professor of Pathology at the University of Porto; Inês Sequeira, Oncologist at the Oncology Service of the Local Health Unit (ULS) of Guarda; Jorge Lima, Specialist in Molecular Genetics and Vice-President of Ipatimup
Moderation: Tiago Alves and Miguel Soares
Listen at: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9897/e907902/tratar-o-cancro-por-tu
3rd conference 2026: Évora | Heredity
With Manuel Sobrinho Simões, pathologist, founder and president of Ipatimup; Fernando Schmitt, Senior Researcher and Director of the Molecular Pathology Unit at Ipatimup and Professor of Pathology at the University of Porto; Rui Dinis, oncologist, director of the Medical Oncology service at the Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora; Tamara Milagre, president of the EVITA Association, an association supporting carriers of alterations in genes related to hereditary cancer; Jorge Lima, Specialist in Molecular Genetics and Vice-President of Ipatimup.
Moderation: Tiago Alves and Miguel Soares
Listen at: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9897/e909631/tratar-o-cancro-por-tu
4th conference 2026: Viana do Castelo | Environment, Behavior and Cancer
With Manuel Sobrinho Simões, pathologist, founder and president of Ipatimup; Gabriela Fernandes, pulmonologist at Hospital de São João, invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto (FMUP); Esmeralda Barreira, nurse, member of the advisory board of Pulmonale, the Portuguese Association for the Fight Against Lung Cancer; José Carlos Machado, specialist in Molecular Genetics, Vice-President of Ipatimup.
Moderation: Tiago Alves and Miguel Soares
Listen at: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9897/e912671/tratar-o-cancro-por-tu
5th conference 2026: Guimarães | Diagnosis, from biopsy to clinical decision
With Manuel Sobrinho Simões, pathologist, founder and president of Ipatimup; Fátima Carneiro, senior researcher at Ipatimup/i3S and retired professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto; José Manuel Lopes, pathologist at the São João University Hospital Center and Senior Researcher at Ipatimup/i3S; Paulo Costa, radiation oncologist, director of the Radiotherapy service at Braga Hospital
Moderation: Tiago Alves and Miguel Soares
Listen at: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9897/e914243/tratar-o-cancro-por-tu
6th conference 2026: Angra do Heroísmo | Cancer Prevention: Main Risk Factors
With Manuel Sobrinho Simões, pathologist, founder and president of Ipatimup; João Sarmento, specialist in general and family medicine; José Carlos Machado, specialist in molecular genetics, Vice-President of Ipatimup; Nuno Marcos, researcher and director of the Cancer Prevention Unit at Ipatimup.
Special participation: Jorge Sequeira
Moderation: Tiago Alves and Miguel Soares
Listen at: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9897/e915786/tratar-o-cancro-por-tu