Reportable Cancers
Subject to mandatory reporting are clinically or pathologically confirmed diagnoses of the neoplasms listed in Annex 1 of the Cancer Registration Ordinance (CRO). In addition to invasive cancers, this also includes in-situ neoplasms, neoplasms of uncertain behaviour, and benign neoplasms of the central nervous system.
Detailed information on reportable diseases in children and adolescents under the age of 20 can be found here:
This page is currently under construction. You can find the link to the German information sheet here:
“Merkblatt meldepflichtige Erkrankungen Kinder und Adolezente”
Notifiable information
The Cancer Registration Act distinguishes between basic data and supplementary data. The basic data are the same for all cancer patients. Supplementary data must always be reported in addition for children and adolescents under 20 years of age with cancer. This is independent of the type of cancer.
In addition to the personal data required to classify the information correctly (including the AHVN13 number), the date on which the patient was informed and the dates of diagnosis and initial treatment must be reported for all patients. The data recorded during diagnosis and therapy must be reported. Data that are not necessary for diagnosis and therapy should NOT be recorded additionally by the reporting person.
The full data structure according to the Cancer Registration Act for people with cancer in Switzerland can be downloaded here.