Cancer survival in Portugal rises to 66%, but regional and gender gaps remain Cancer survival in Portugal has reached 66% at five years for patients diagnosed in 2019, according to a report being released today by the National Cancer Registry (RON). The findings show that around two out of every…
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Regarding the presence of cancer in Madeira, Head of the Madeiran delegation, Ricardo Sousa, said that, on average, between 1,000 and 1,100 new cases arise per year. The panorama is of an increase in cases, similar to the national and international realities, but this is also due, in his perspective,…
Today, CDS-PP Madeira voiced its “deep disagreement and sadness” over the Assembly of the Republic’s rejection of a proposal that would have ensured full sick pay for cancer patients. In a press release released this Sunday, the centrists consider this “an incomprehensible decision from a human, social and political point…
The Regional Directorate of Statistics (DREM), has confirmed that cancer continues to be the main cause of death for Madeirans. In 2024, 677 of the 2,574 residents who died in Madeira and Porto Santo died from cancer. While a majority of people died from colon, rectal, and anal cancer (92…


