This profile identifies strengths, challenges and specific areas of action on cancer prevention and care in Portugal as … part of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry, a flagship initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. It provides a … short synthesis of: the national cancer burden; risk factors for cancer (focusing on behavioural and environmental risk …

There exists a strong educational gradient in cancer risk, which has been documented in a wide range of populations …. Yet relatively little is known about the extent to which education is causally linked to cancer incidence and mortality … reform on various cancer outcomes. Our main finding is that education has little if any impact on cancer risk. This holds for …