Cancer prevalence

Last update: 25.01.2022

National statistics on cancer prevalence

The prevalence of a particular cancer can be defined as the number of persons in a defined population who have been diagnosed with that type of cancer, and who are still alive at the point of examination. The prevalence is an important and useful measure of the burden of cancer in the community. Statistics are based on diagnosis years 2000 to 2018.

Annotated reporting on cancer prevalence in Switzerland

• Swiss cancer prevalence and language region Matthias Lorez, Francesco Galli, Volker Arndt, and the NICER Working Group Schweizer Krebsbulletin Nr. 1/2018

• Prevalence of Cancer Survivors in Switzerland Matthias Lorez, Rolf Heusser and Volker Arndt Foundation National Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration (NICER), c/o University of Zürich Schweizer Krebsbulletin Nr. 4/2014

Cancer prevalence in Switzerland for all ages and sex by cancer