Statements

National law on cancer registration (KRG)

NICER is participating in the public review and consultation processes concerning cancer registration and cancer epidemiology in Switzerland. NICER’s position statement on the planned national law on cancer registration (abbreviated KRG in German) was developed in collaboration with the cantonal and regional Swiss cancer registries and conveyed to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), along with background reports.

• PDF / 104KB Stellungnahme von NICER und den schweizerischen Krebsregistern zum Entwurf des Bundesgesetzes über die Registrierung von Krebserkrankungen

Following background informations supplement the statement:

• PDF / 116KB National law on cancer registration in Switzerland: Background information regarding the use of explicit patient consent for cancer monitoring

• PDF / 134KB National law on cancer registration in Switzerland: Background information regarding the importance of data collected for the purpose of cancer monitoring

• PDF / 244KB The Potential Benefits for Cancer Prevention and Control in Switzerland from a New National Cancer Registration Law Clough-Gorr, K., Bosshard, D., Heusser, R., Noseda, G. Swiss Cancer Bulletin 2011, 31(2), 154-155