 IPATIMUP's major lines of action are the prevention and early diagnosis of stomach cancer or precocious lesions, and dia

gnosis quality improvement of malignant neoplasia and pre-malignant lesions.The numerous published papers and important results related to gastric and esophagical cancer make this one of the (if not the) top-level cancer-related research institutions in Portugal and in Europe.But as a scientific teaching-associated institution, its main goals also are