{"id":19922,"date":"2022-10-14T17:58:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/?p=19922"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:40:47","slug":"zocdoc-reports-cancer-screening-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/zocdoc-reports\/zocdoc-reports-cancer-screening-and-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Zocdoc Reports: Cancer Screening and Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cZocdoc Reports: Cancer Prevention” is an analysis of cancer screening and prevention-related appointment booking trends on Zocdoc.<\/span> With cancer diagnoses on the <\/span>rise<\/span><\/a>, and cancer-related deaths <\/span>declining<\/span><\/a> in recent years \u2013 thanks in no small part to screening and <\/span>early detection<\/span><\/a> \u2013 we looked at how relevant appointment trends have changed, year over year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The data shows that following a significant, <\/span>pandemic-driven decline in cancer screenings<\/span><\/a>, including an estimated 9.4 million missed screening tests in the U.S. in 2020 alone, screening rates are rebounding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Americans are returning to their regularly scheduled screenings<\/h2>\n

While <\/span>experts posit<\/span><\/a> that excess deaths related to cancer may occur because of delayed screenings during the early stages of the pandemic, a combination of significant efforts to <\/span>close the screening gap<\/span><\/a> and Americans\u2019 <\/span>return<\/span><\/a> to a new normal have people booking cancer screenings again. Reflecting the nation\u2019s progress toward closing the cancer screening gap, <\/span>between September 2020-September 2021 and September 2021-September 2022:<\/span><\/p>\n