Adhemar Longatto-Filho has been a São Paulo State Scientific Researcher since 1987 and is currently working in the Laboratory of Medical Investigation 14 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Dr Longatto has 35 years of experience in research on the Human Papillomavirus, Gynecological and General Cytopathology, Lymphangiogenesis, Angiogenesis, Metastasis Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cancer, and Tumor Markers. Additionally, he is the Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Course in Oncology at Barretos Cancer Hospital, Foundation - PIO XII, Barretos, Brazil, and Invited Professor at the School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal, where he is the supervisor of PhD students. He is also an associated researcher at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal. Dr Longatto has published more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 17 Chapters, and 5 books.