THE HISTORY OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY IN THE USSR-RUSSIA: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY OF THE N.N. BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER AND THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY

The article describes the history of the selection of pediatric oncology as a separate specialty, the organization of first oncological departments and the creation of the first in the USSR Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology. There is described the role of academician L.A. Durnov as the founder of oncopediatrics in the national health care