Overview

• Rousseau, 48, publicly disclosed his diagnosis to reduce patient isolation and frame cancer as a political issue.
• He credited National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet’s earlier disclosure of her breast cancer as inspiration for his own announcement.
• The deputy warned that adults under 50 now face two to three times higher colorectal cancer risk compared with those born in the 1950s.
• Health Minister Yannick Neuder confirmed that all parliamentary groups support adding the registry proposal to the Assembly’s agenda.
• Proponents say a national cancer registry will create a comprehensive data foundation essential for research into disease causes and prevention.