Aims of the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry

• To collect representative, population-based data on cancer in children and adolescents in Switzerland (cancer incidence, prevalence, time trends, regional distribution and survival rates).

• To document diagnostic evaluations, treatment and participation in clinical trials.

• To describe short term and long term prognosis (mortality, morbidity and quality of life) after cancer in childhood and adolescence – (remission, relapses, survival, late effects and quality of life).

• To provide a research platform for clinical, epidemiological and basic research

It thus contributes to:

• Continuous improvement of treatment

• The planning of health services

• The identification of late effects of therapy, with the aim to diagnose and treat these early and prevent them in future

• Research into the aetiology of cancer in children and adolescents.