Department of Oncohematology of the State Children’s Clinical Hospital of Simferopol

This material submits information on Department of Oncologic Haematology of CRI “Children’s Clinical Hospital” as one of the Russian leading regional centers majoring in children’s haemotology and oncology.

The history of the Department began in 1988, when a detached department was opened within Children’s Hospital of Simferopol, managed by V.P. Usachenko. The Department contributed to implementation of various chemotherapy protocols within the cooperation between the international research groups. The history of Department development is remarkable by the names of western scientists – D. Pinkel, G. Shellong, А. Righter and others. In 2014 the Department was visited by the Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev and Ministry of Health V.I. Skvortsova. The article sets out data on number of beds and medical staff of the Department, adult and children population in the Republic of Crimea, incidence of haemotological diseases for the recent years.

It sets out details of 5-year relapse free survival for: acute lymphoblastic leukemia – 78 %, acute myeloleukemia – 55 %, non-Hodgkins lymphoma – 78 %, Hodgkin's lymphoma – 95 % and gives an information on the charitable entities helping people.