To promote the establishment of a legal basis for a nationwide, coordinated cancer registration in Switzerland, based on the existing structures (cantonal cancer registries, coordinated by NICER)
To assure collection and provision of relevant and complete cancer data in all cantons, according to internationally agreed standards and to Swiss needs
To establish a platform for collaborative epidemiological cancer research
To develop into a centre of international competence
Our current priorities
Accurate national cancer monitoring (mortality, incidence, prevalence, and survival)
