On Sept. 27, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that new diagnoses of six major cancer types in the U.S. fell abruptly in early 2020, coinciding with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

This study is the largest to date using population-based data from central cancer registries to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer incidence (new diagnoses of cancer) in the United States. The report appeared September 27, 2023, in Cancer.