Cancer Research Switzerland

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Swiss Cancer Research Foundation
legal form Foundation, endowment
founding 1990
Seat Bern , Switzerland
management Rolf Marti (Management),
Thomas Cerny (President)
Branch Nonprofit organization
Website www.krebsforschung.ch

The Swiss Cancer Research Foundation (KFS) is a foundation under Swiss law based in Bern , which was established in 1990. It supports research projects that aim to improve the chances of survival and the quality of life of patients with cancer .

Goal setting

The KFS funds all areas of industry- independent cancer research: basic research , clinical , epidemiological , psychosocial and health services research . One focus is on supporting patient-oriented research, the results of which benefit the patient as directly as possible.

history

After the available funds for cancer research had significantly decreased in previous years - sometimes due to austerity measures by the federal authorities - the Cancer League , the Swiss Working Group for Clinical Cancer Research , the Institut suisse de recherche expérimentale sur le cancer (ISREC) and the Swiss Society for Oncology, the Swiss Cancer Research Association . The aim was to raise sufficient funds for all areas of cancer research, since the National Fund , for example, does not support clinical research. An independent committee of experts decided on the distribution of the funds.

The first campaign in autumn 1990 was advertised with TV spots at reduced prices and a televised gala performance from Circus Knie in Lugano . The patron was Renate Cotti, the wife of Federal Councilor Flavio Cotti . In the year it was founded, this resulted in a net amount of CHF 5.2 million for research funding . From 1996 onwards, SF 2 broadcast a television gala every autumn for a number of years in which donations for cancer research in Switzerland were collected.

In 2000 the association was converted into a foundation.

The founding president of Cancer Research Switzerland was the Ticino doctor Giorgio Noseda , who received the SwissAward in 2006 . He was followed in 2007 by Alice Scherrer-Baumann , Health Director of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , and in 2009 by the St. Gallen oncologist Thomas Cerny. The board of trustees works on a voluntary basis.

job

The Swiss Cancer Research Foundation is financed through donations . Today the foundation can award around 18 million francs a year. In the first 25 years, around 1,000 research projects were financed with almost 200 million francs. Today researchers submit around 200 projects each year that would cost around 60 million francs. Around a third of these projects can be financed by the foundation. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the distribution of funds to the researchers . When deciding which research projects to select, it is based on the recommendations of an independent scientific commission of 18 experts, which assess all applications according to clearly defined criteria. The quality of the projects supported was also rated as very good in an international comparison.

The Swiss Cancer Research Foundation also supports the development and implementation of measures to fight cancer in Switzerland, namely the National Strategy against Cancer , a long-term program of various organizations and authorities such as the Federal Office of Public Health .

The office of the Swiss Cancer Research Foundation, headed by Rolf Marti, is affiliated with the Swiss Cancer League , with which we work closely. The employees organize the tenders and the scientific assessment of the applications. The Swiss Cancer League takes care of public relations, fundraising and accounting. Together with the Swiss Cancer League, the report "Cancer Research in Switzerland" is published annually, which provides information on current developments and offers current figures.

literature

  • Daniel Kauz: From taboo to topic? 100 years of fighting cancer in Switzerland 1910–2010 . Ed .: Swiss Cancer League. Schwabe Verlag / EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag, Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7965-2671-8 , Decade of Revision and Integration: The Reorganization of the Scientific Commission of the Cancer League and the Foundation of Cancer Research Switzerland , p. 183-187, 196 f .

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Individual evidence

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