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Recent studies have assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related control measures on the number of new cancer diagnoses. The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of the lockdown on new cancer diagnoses. To compare the incidence of tumors in 2020 with that in 2019, we used the data from the pathology anatomy reports available until the 31st of August 2020 and collected by the Reggio Emilia Cancer Registry. Over 90% of all incident cancer cases have microscopic confirmation. We reported the variations (number of cases and% values) of all tumors and of the main sites by sex, age and period. From the 1st of January to the 31st August 2020, we recorded 3, 548 new cancer diagnoses, 14% fewer than in the corresponding months of 2019. For all cancers, the pre-lockdown period (January-February) had a similar number compared to the same months in 2019; the lockdown period (March-May) showed a decrease (-35%), but the post-lockdown