The European Cancer Research Summit 2021 is being held under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union this Monday, 3 May, at 09h00 (Lisbon time), in the main auditorium of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto. It will be (1) IPO-Porto - YouTube.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research will be presented publicly by the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, from 17h00 (Lisbon time) during the summit.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research is aimed at reinforcing cancer research in Europe in terms of prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and monitoring of patients, as well as the impact of the treatments on the illness, and is in line with the commitment of the Trio Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Germany, Portugal and Slovenia) to significantly reduce cancer mortality rates by 2030.