Based on my research, here's my analysis of the claim:

Analysis

The claim is FALSE. The CDC has not reported "138,000 excess cancer deaths" since 2021. This figure appears to originate from social media misinformation attempting to link cancer deaths to COVID-19 vaccines.

• The "138,000 excess cancer deaths" figure appears to come from social media posts (particularly Instagram reels) that misinterpret CDC WONDER database data, not from any official CDC report¹.

• According to official CDC data, cancer death rates have actually been declining overall: between 2019 and 2023, the age-adjusted cancer death rate decreased on average 1.8% per year for men and 1.1% for women².

• The CDC reported 613,349 cancer deaths in 2023 and 608,371 in 2022—not the massive increases suggested by the "138,000 excess deaths" claim³⁴.

• While cancer deaths did increase by 1.7% from 2020 to 2021 (the first increase since 1993), this was attributed to pandemic-related disruptions in healthcare access and cancer screenings, not to vaccines⁵.

• This claim is part of a broader "turbo cancer" misinformation narrative linking COVID-19 vaccines to cancer, which has been repeatedly debunked by fact-checkers and health authorities including Reuters, Mayo Clinic, and the Public Health Communications Collaborative⁶⁷⁸⁹.

• The CDC officially states that "COVID-19 vaccines are not linked to a rise in cancer or more aggressive cancer"⁷.

Overall validity: 5%

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2. Cancer Stat Facts: Common Cancer Sites - SEER
3. Mortality in the United States — Provisional Data, 2023 | MMWR - CDC
4. Cancer Data and Statistics - CDC
5. [PDF] Deaths: Final data for 2021 - CDC
6. Study does not say COVID vaccines may have fuelled excess deaths
7. Debunking COVID-19 myths - Mayo Clinic
8. Cancer vaccines could be transformative, but misinformation ...
9. New study revives myth that COVID-19 vaccines cause “turbo cancer”