On Sept. 21, 2022, the AACR released the 12th edition of its AACR Cancer Progress Report, an annual report that chronicles how basic, translational, and clinical cancer research, and cancer-related population sciences, primarily supported by federal investments in the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.

The AACR reported that the decline in the rate of cancer mortality had accelerated in recent years, as reflected by a 2.3 percent decrease in cancer deaths every year between 2016 and 2019.