“Supportive care for people living with and beyond cancer.
Commitment and professional training.
Create and integrate evidence to optimize supportive care in oncology.”

Association for Research and Supportive Care in Oncology (AICSO) is a Portuguese non-profit public interest association founded in 2001. It is dedicated to research, implementation and professional qualification in evidence-based supportive care in Oncology. AICSO promotes public information and public events to raise awareness of interdisciplinary patient-centered care for people living with and beyond cancer.

AICSO is an affiliate of MASCC

It is a program developed by AICSO to promote the rehabilitation of cancer patients, aiming to optimize the treatment of people living with and beyond cancer. It is multidisciplinary, with oncologists, physiatrists and cardiologists, rehabilitation and mental health nurses dedicated to Oncology, psychologist, nutritionist, physiologists and physical exercise technicians.

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