The recently created Portuguese Association for Cancer Research (ASPIC) had a first Conference in November 2013. The Conference, on “Public Benefit of Cancer Research”, took place in Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, in Lisbon, and in Fundação Eng. António de Almeida, in Porto. Leonor David, President of ASPIC, gave public account on the situation of ASPIC, created in February 2013 and affiliated to EACR on the same month.
