Background The growing demand for cancer surgery has placed a global strain on health
systems. In-depth analyses of the global demand for cancer surgery and optimal workforce …

Background Given the large burden of surgical conditions and the crosscutting nature of
surgery, scale-up of basic surgical services is crucial to health-system strengthening. The …

Background Billions of people are without access to surgical care, in part because of the
inequitable distribution of the surgical workforce. Drawing on recently collected data for the …

Background The incidence of cancer (excluding non-melanomatous skin cancers) is
projected to rise from 17· 0 million to 26· 0 million between 2018 and 2040. A large …

Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15· 2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030 …

Background More than 2 billion people are unable to receive surgical care based on
operating theatre density alone. The vision of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery is …

Summary The first Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery was published
in 2015 and serves as a landmark paper in the field of cancer surgery. The Commission …

Cancer is emerging as a major public health challenge globally. Recently, IARC
(International Association of Research on Cancer) published global cancer burden using …

Background Surgery is a foundational component of health-care systems. However,
previous efforts to integrate surgical services into global health initiatives do not reflect the …

Executive summary Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25
years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions …