RNCE supplies French survival and incidence figures against cancers and some benign pediatric tumours. It supports the surveillance missions of Santé publique France and INCa and serves as a basis for research conducted by the Epidemiology of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers (EPICEA) team and its collaborators. It is also the foundation of the Childhood Cancer Observational Platform (CCOP).
The RNCE is part of the Francim network, the ENCR, and the IACR.