LONDON:  Over 80 percent of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide in 2015 will need surgery, but less than a quarter will have access to proper, affordable surgical care when they need it, according to a study released Monday by the King's College London.

The study revealed that access is worst in low-income countries where as many as 95 percent of people with cancer do not receive basic cancer surgery.

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