The history of oncohematology development at the Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of the creation and development of the Oncohematology Department at the Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology (KazIOR). For the first time, the authors talk about the development of oncohematology at KazIOR during the Soviet period in the USSR and the Kazakh SSR, and later -in independent Kazakhstan. They also describe the role of the institute directors and the contribution of the department heads at different stages of its history and share information about introducing new modern methods of diagnosing malignant lymphomas and new technologies for treating hemoblastosis. The authors also highlight the current topical problems of oncohematology and ways to solve them.