The Department of Oncology was established in 1974. The first head of the department (1986) was the Honored Scientist of the USSR, Professor A. I. Saenko. On the initiative of A. I. Saenko, in 1959, the Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology (KNIIR) was organized in Kyrgyzstan, on the basis of which, according to the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the National Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic was organized in 2000.

From 1988 to 1996, the department was headed by the Honored Doctor of the Kyrgyz Republic, laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic, Professor X. S. Bebezov. Under H. S. Bebezov, thoracic oncology received a great impetus in its development. He introduced the most complex operations on the esophagus, lungs, mediastinum; received a patent for the invention of a new method of suturing the stump of the bronchi.

From 1996 to 2017, the Department of Oncology was headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor I. O. Kudaibergenova. From 1997 to 1999, Professor I. O. Kudaibergenova simultaneously headed the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology. During these years, close contacts were established with the leading scientific cancer centers of the world (RSCI of the RSFSR Academy of Medical Sciences, the University of Kansas (USA), the Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology). On her initiative, the Association of Oncologists and Radiologists of the Kyrgyz Republic was established, which Professor I. O. Kudaibergenova heads to this day.

Since 2017, the head of the Department of Oncology is Sayakov Umetaly Karagulovich

Oncology

Since 1996, the staff of the department has published more than 80 scientific papers, including 6 monographs.

National Center of Oncology and Hematology of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Address: 91а Akhunbayeva str.