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Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil

aka IPO Lisboa, IPO-Lisboa, Instituto Português de Oncologia

Portugal's first cancer institute, founded in 1923 by Francisco Gentil, and the national reference cancer hospital for the Lisbon region.

The Instituto Português de Oncologia was founded in Lisbon in 1923 by the surgeon Francisco Gentil and gave rise to the national IPO network; IPO Lisboa remains the country's largest dedicated cancer hospital and is OECI-accredited. It provides surgical, medical, radiation and paediatric oncology, haematology and bone marrow transplantation, nuclear medicine and palliative care, and hosts a research unit working on molecular pathology, haematological malignancies and cancer epidemiology, together with Portugal's southern regional cancer registry. Patients access national referral services for rare tumours, sarcoma and paediatric cancers and a growing clinical trials programme.

Location
Lisbon, PT
Type
cancer center · Universidade de Lisboa
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#252 · 24 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 24 from 12 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • National cancer hospital
  • Haematology and transplantation
  • Paediatric oncology
  • Rare tumours and sarcoma
  • Regional cancer registry

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