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

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of creation and development of the Oncohematology Department at the Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology. For the first time, the authors
 talk about the development of oncohematology at the Kazakh
 Institute of Oncology and Radiology 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.