Latest news and stories about cancer screening in Portugal for expats and residents.
March is colorectal cancer awareness month. Everyone should undergo screening from the age of 50.
The protocol was advocated by the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, which says that 'if a lesion is identified at an early stage, it can be treated.' Portugal has a high incidence of cases.
Designed for 5,000 participants, this programme will run in Braga and Lisbon, beginning with an invitation to have a PSA test, a blood test used to detect prostate problems.
In addition to this ULS, the Santo António unit in Porto is also part of the group of pilot projects for lung cancer screening. Cascais is another unit where the project is planned to start.
Portugal will test the effectiveness of prostate cancer screening in 2027 through a pilot project involving a sample of 20,000 participants from the Braga and Lisbon regions, the oncology coordinator of the Portuguese Association of Urology revealed today.
Home News Reducing the risk of stomach cancer Reducing the risk of stomach cancer Combining endoscopy with colonoscopy, which is already performed in colorectal cancer screening, would reduce cases of stomach cancer, argued today the director of the Department of Medicine at IPO Porto, a European
