Progress in and prospects for high technologies development in pediatric hematology and oncology
Progress in pediatric hematology and oncology in Russia is discussed. The contribution of immunology to the development of theoretical and practical bases of these disciplines is demonstrated. Results of studies of hemopoietic cells, treatment of immunodeficiencies, oncohematological diseases, and brain tumors are presented. Prospects for the development of pediatric hematology and oncology in the nearest years are determined by introduction of molecular genetic methods in disease diagnosis and by target therapy and transplantation of hemopoietic stem cells.