Background. The global cancer burden (GCB) is expected to rise significantly during the next few decades with most of the new cancers and cancer-related deaths afflicting the low-to middle-income countries. The ability to tackle this rising GCB requires the presence of an adequately trained surgical oncology workforce, which is dependent on credible training pathways and sustainable certification pipelines. The purpose of this article is to review briefly the training patterns and certification requirements for surgical oncologists globally by sampling representative countries across all regions of the world.
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