Formation of the pediatric hematology- oncology service in the Krasnodar region and its current activities

Abstract

In the city of Sochi, in 1986, one of the first children’s hematology department in the USSR was opened. The characteristic features of the profile service of the Krasnodar Region are a strong school of professional doctors based on russian and foreign experience, the continuity of generations, close cooperation with leading federal centers and many years of fruitful work.

Today, the Department of Oncology and Hematology with chemotherapy for 70 beds in the 24- hour in- patient department and 30 beds in the intensive care ward operates in Krasnodar. In addition, the hospital has a 30- bed oncology department for patients with solid tumors and tumors of the central nervous system. The expansion of the service is planned for 2023: a day hospital for oncohematological patients, a bone marrow transplant unit and a blood transfusion department with a cryopreservation station for hematopoietic stem cells.

Krasnodar Region has been keeping a child cancer registry for more than 40 years. The article presents the main stages of the development of hematological and oncological assistance to children of the Krasnodar Region, the activities of the service now and its plans for the future.