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Patient information in German, French, Italian and English

Patient information, standard version

07.2022

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Patient information, detailed version

07.2022

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Patient information, easy language

12.2022

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Patient information in further languages (standard version)

Albanian

07.2022

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Arabic

07.2022

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Croatian

07.2022

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Polish

07.2022

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Portugese

07.2022

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Rhaeto-Romanic

07.2022

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Russian

07.2022

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Serbian

07.2022

PDF (126 KB)
Spanish

07.2022

PDF (128 KB)
Tamil

07.2022

PDF (182 KB)
Turkish

07.2022

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Objection form

Objection form

04.05.2022

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Reporting agencies

Information on notifiable diseases

Annex 1 of the Ordinance on the Registration of Cancers (CRO)

01.01.2023

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Modification to Annex 1 of the Ordinance on the Registration of Cancers (CRO)

07.12.2022 

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Reporting no longer mandatory for carcinoma in situ of the skin Code D04

04.02.2021

PDF (166 KB)

Data dictionary

Introduction data dictionary v1.1

15.10.2019

PDF (270 KB)
Shortlist clinical variables v1.1

31.10.2019

PDF (240 KB)
Basic variables v1.3

01.01.2024

PDF (1.4 MB)
Supplementary variables adults v1.3

01.01.2024

PDF (401 KB)
Supplementary variables - Children and Adolescents v1.1

07.10.2019

PDF (574 KB)
Full length code list v1.3

01.01.2024

ZIP (1.86 MB)
Resolution minutes of the NICER Foundation Board on adjustments to the national data structure

24.11.2023

PDF (1.38 MB)
Resolution minutes of the NICER Foundation Board on adjustments to the national data structure

15.09.2021

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Previous versions data dictionary

Archive

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Patient information in German, French, Italian and English

Order printed brochures at (only in German, French, Italian and English): www.migesplus.ch/en/publications/

Patient information, standard version

07.2022

PDF (131 KB)
Patient information, detailed version

07.2022

PDF (516 KB)
Patient information, easy language

12.2022

PDF (207 KB)

Patient information in further languages (standard version)

Albanian

07.2022

PDF (128 KB)
Arabic

07.2022

PDF (228 KB)
Croatian

07.2022

PDF (127 KB)
Polish

07.2022

PDF (131 KB)
Portugese

07.2022

PDF (128 KB)
Rhaeto-Romanic

07.2022

PDF (126 KB)
Russian

07.2022

PDF (191 KB)
Serbian

07.2022

PDF (126 KB)
Spanish

07.2022

PDF (128 KB)
Tamil

07.2022

PDF (182 KB)
Turkish

07.2022

PDF (128 KB)

Researcher

Data dictionary

Introduction data dictionary v1.1

15.10.2019 

PDF (270 KB)
Shortlist clinical variables v1.1

31.10.2019

PDF (240 KB)
Basic variables v1.3

01.01.2024

PDF (1.4 MB)
Supplementary variables adults v1.3

01.01.2024

PDF (401 KB)
Supplementary variables - Children and Adolescents v1.1

07.10.2019

PDF (574 KB)
Full length code list v1.3

01.01.2024

ZIP (1.86 MB)
Resolution minutes of the NICER Foundation Board on adjustments to the national data structure

24.11.2023

PDF (1.38 MB)
Resolution minutes of the NICER Foundation Board on adjustments to the national data structure

15.09.2021

PDF (13.34 MB)
Previous versions data dictionary

Archive

ZIP (3.67 MB)

Data quality reports

Annual Data Quality Report of Swiss cancer registry data until 2021 (aDQR) - Executive summary

December 2024

PDF (286 KB)
Annual Data Quality Report of Swiss cancer registry data until 2020 (aDQR) - Executive summary

September 2024

PDF (304 KB)
Annual Data Quality Report of Swiss cancer registry data until 2019 (aDQR) - Executive summary

29.09.2023

PDF (161 KB)
Data quality concept

12.01.2022

PDF (527 KB)
Evaluation of completeness of case ascertainment in Swiss cancer registration (EN)

26.09.2017

Comment on: Wieser et al. Ovarian cancer in Switzerland: incidence and treatment according to hospital registry data (EN)

07.02.2020

Statistics and reports

Cancer incidence

Cancer incidence 1982 - 2021

10.12.2024

XLSX (1 MB)

Cancer mortality

Cancer mortality 1982 - 2021

10.12.2024

XLSX (931 KB)

Cancer prevalence

Cancer prevalence 2010 - 2025

10.12.2024

XLSX (1.28 MB)
What is cancer prevalence and why is it important?

23.03.2020

PDF (194 KB)

Cancer survival

Cancer survival in Switzerland 1982 - 2021

10.12.2024

XLSX (1.13 MB)

Publications on cancer incidence and mortality in Switzerland

Incidence and Mortality trends of Gastric Cancer in Switzerland 1988−2014

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 4/2018

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Incidence-based Mortality Trends for Thyroid Cancer: Is there a «true» Increase in Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Switzerland?

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 3/2018

PDF (1.16 MB)
Benign and Malignant Primary Brain Tumours in the Swiss Population (2010-2014)

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 2/2018

PDF (428 KB)
Age-dependent risk and lifetime risk of developing cancer in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 3/2017

PDF (3.22 MB)
Lung Cancer Trends by Histologic Subtype in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 2/2017

PDF (223 KB)
Subsite-specific colorectal cancer trends in Switzerland (1989-2012)

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2016

PDF (1.41 MB)

Publications on the prevalence of cancer in Switzerland

Swiss cancer prevalence and language region

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2018

PDF (680 KB)
Prevalence of Cancer Survivors in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 4/2014

PDF (209 KB)

Publications on cancer survival in Switzerland

Survival improvements in multiple myeloma patients in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 4/2019

PDF (267 KB)
Lung cancer survival in Switzerland by histology, TNM stage and age at diagnosis

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2019

PDF (205 KB)
Survival trends for kidney cancer patients in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2017

PDF (357 KB)
Effects of age and stage on prostate cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 4/2016

PDF (274 KB)
Trends in the cancer survival gap between elderly and middle aged patients in Switzerland from 1996 to 2012

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 3/2015

PDF (378 KB)
Survival trends for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2015

PDF (824 KB)
Effects of age and stage on breast cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 2/2015

PDF (1.26 MB)
Trends in survival from oesophageal cancer in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 3/2014

PDF (1.85 MB)
Trends in survival from cancer of the corpus uteri in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 2/2014

PDF (960 KB)
Trends in hepatic cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2014

PDF (482 KB)
Trends in stomach cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 3/2013

PDF (419 KB)
Trends in prostate cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2013

PDF (209 KB)
Trends in bladder cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 2/2013

PDF (2.28 MB)
Trends in pancreatic cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 4/2013

PDF (214 KB)
Trends in colorectal cancer Survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 1/2012

PDF (158 KB)
Trends in lung cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 3/2012

PDF (3.38 MB)
Trends in breast cancer survival in Switzerland

Schweizer Krebsbulletin 4/2011

PDF (329 KB)

Cancer monitoring and cancer report

Overview on cancer

Federal Statistical Office

Link
Cancer report 2021

14.10.2021

Link
Cancer Report 2015

11.07.2016

Link
Cancer report 2011

07.02.2011

Link
Cancer incidence

MonAM

Link
Cancer prevalence

MonAM

Link

Health reporting on cancer

Health reporting on cancer 2024 - Second primary cancers in Switzerland

10.12.2024

PDF (1.6 MB)
Detailed tables for the Health Report on cancer 2024

10.12.2024

PDF (852 KB)
Methodology for the Health Report on Cancer 2024

10.12.2024

PDF (821 KB)

Data quality reports

Annual Data Quality Report of Swiss cancer registry data until 2021 (aDQR) - Executive summary

December 2024

PDF (286 KB)
Annual Data Quality Report of Swiss cancer registry data until 2020 (aDQR) - Executive summary

September 2024

PDF (304 KB)
Annual Data Quality Report of Swiss cancer registry data until 2019 (aDQR) - Executive summary

29.09.2023

PDF (161 KB)
Data quality concept

12.01.2022

PDF (527 KB)
Evaluation of completeness of case ascertainment in Swiss cancer registration (EN)

26.09.2017

Comment on: Wieser et al. Ovarian cancer in Switzerland: incidence and treatment according to hospital registry data (EN)

07.02.2020

Basic reports

Concept for publication of CRA data

17.12.2020

Link
Statistical Methods for Cancer Reporting in Switzerland - Version 1.0

2022

PDF (758 KB)

Media releases and media reports

Media release: Health reporting on cancer 2024

Second primary cancers in Switzerland, 10.12.2024

PDF (107 KB)
Podcast: National Cancer Registry - How does data help research?

Podcast science against cancer of Swiss cancer research, episode 26, 31.05.2023

Link
Article: The cancer registry benefits society as a whole

Donor magazine aspect 01/2023, Swiss Cancer League

Link
Media release: Swiss Cancer Report 2021

Federal statistical office, 14.10.2021

Link