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Editorial Board

Ana Caldeira Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

Angelo Alves de Mattos Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Arjun KochErasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Bruno RosaCentro Hospitalar do Alto Ave, Guimarães, Portugal

Carla Rolanda Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

Cesare HassanNuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy

Cristina ChagasCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal

Enrique Perez CuadradoMorales Meseguer Hospital, Murcia, Spain

Fátima SerejoCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

F. Castro PoçasCentro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Fernando MagroCentro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal

Flávio SteinwurzHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Francisco PortelaCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Gilberto CoutoHospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal

Guilherme MacedoCentro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal

Helder CardosoCentro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal

Helena Cortez-PintoCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

Isabelle CremersCentro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal

James BuxbaumLos Angeles County Hospital, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Joana TorresHospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal

João Bruno SoaresHospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

Jorge Amil DiasCentro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal

Jorge CanenaHospital CUF Infante Santo, Lisbon, Portugal

José VelosaCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

Julio Iglésias-GarciaHospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Júlio Pereira LimaUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Klaus MonkemullerUniversity of Alabama, Alabama, USA

Emeriti Editors

António Saragoça 1983 – 1993

F. Costa Mira 1994 – 1996

J. Lemos Barreiras 1995 – 1997

Mariana MachadoCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

Marilia CravoHospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal

Miguel AreiaInstituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra Francisco Gentil, Coimbra, Portugal

Nuno NunesHospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Paulo FreireCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro AmaroCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro FigueiredoCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Pedro Moutinho RibeiroCentro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal

Ricardo Marcos PintoCentro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Rolando PinhoCentro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Rui Tato MarinhoCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

Sandra FaiasInstituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

Sergio Zepeda-GomezUniversity of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

Yutaka SaitoNational Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Miguel Carneiro de Moura 1997 – 2001

Leopoldo Matos 2001 – 2003

José Velosa 2003 – 2007

António Alberto Santos 2007 – 2009

Rui Tato Marinho 2009 – 2011

Helena Cortez-Pinto 2011 – 2014

DirectorJosé CotterCentro Hospitalar do Alto Ave, Guimarães, Portugal

Adjunct DirectorsA. Dias PereiraInstituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

Isabel Pedroto Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Editor-in-ChiefPedro Pimentel-NunesInstituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Porto, Portugal

Associated EditorMário Dinis Ribeiro Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Porto, Portugal

Co-EditorsMiguel BispoCentro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal

Nuno AlmeidaCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Susana LopesCentro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal

Technical AdvisorHelena Donato

Editorial AssistantAndreia Neto

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