70th Anniversary Of The Lviv Scientific School Of Oncology
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60 Experimental Oncology 38, 60–62, 2016 (March)
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LVIV SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF ONCOLOGY
B.T. Bilynsky1, Ya.V. Shparyk2, M.M. Mryglotsky1, N.O. Lukavetskyy1, N.A. Volod’ko1, R.I. Litvinyak2
1Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv 79010, Ukraine
2Lviv State Oncological Regional Treatment and Diagnostic Center, Lviv 79031, Ukraine
Contemporary development of scientific thought is fostered not by separate people but is a purposeful activity of a group of like-
minded people armed with progressive ideas and modern technical equipment. Such schools appeared and work actively in the majo rity
of research and educational establishments, clinics, and universities. The Lviv school established in 1945 by Professor H.P. Kovtunovych
and developed by Professor A.I. Hnatyshak and his disciples can serve as an example of a successful school of oncology that continues
its activity and yields scientific results. This school appeared not out of the thin air. Medieval Lviv could boast of the first university
on the territory of the present-day Ukraine. Many discoveries and endeavors that made a beneficial impact on the development
of medicine in Eastern Europe were made in this city. For historical reasons, the city of Lviv used to belong to different state formations
(Austria-Hungary, Poland, the USSR; now it is a part of Ukraine), which could not but reflect on the staffing of doctor-researchers.
This process acquired a special intensity in 1939–1945 when the research staff of the university changed substantially. Then, in 1945,
H.P. Kovtunovych, the disciple of the prominent oncologist N.N. Petrov, came to Lviv and brought the ideas of St.-Petersburg onco-
logy to the Lviv ground. The Lviv school was influenced by the two times Nobel Prize winner Marie Skłodowska Curie, who facili-
tated the initiation of oncological radiology in Lviv. The article contains data on research done by the disciples of Professors H.P. Kov-
tunovych and A.I. Hnatyshak. The first ever teaching chair of oncology in the USSR was founded in Lviv (1966), as well as the first
Ukrainian hospice — an institution for palliative care for the oncological patients. The Lviv oncology center is one of the biggest and
best-equipped oncology centers in Ukraine. An organic combination of theory and clinical practice has always been the guiding prin-
ciple of the Lviv school of oncology. Presently, the Lviv school of oncology unites six doctors of sciences, a large collective of educators
and researchers, as well as practitioners of the center of oncology. The school maintains close scientific and practical ties with on-
cologists of Ukraine as well as with leading oncological centers of Europe and America.
Globally, science is developed not as achieve-
ments of separate people, but as a purposeful activity
of a group of like-minded people under the guidance
of the leaders able to generate original ideas and ma-
nage their implementation.
What concerns oncology, and the situation with
it in Lviv, the development of the scientific schools
is intertwined with historical events, as for two gene-
rations our Institute (faculty, university) passed from
Austro-Hungarian Empire, inter-war Poland, a number
of occupational regimes, and the USSR to its current
activity in Ukraine, which is being built and reformed.
Such situation caused an almost complete change
of the staff in the period of 1939 to 1945, and ap-
pearance of a whole cohort of researchers from the
so-called Great Ukraine and other republics, which
resulted in a break of continuity of the research pro-
cess. The history of research and practice in onco-
logy started in Lviv long before the official foundation
of the department of the same name and establish-
ment of the scientific school of oncology de facto and
de jure. We should mention that for many centuries
the history of the Ukrainian science in general and
medicine in particular was connected with the an-
cient Lviv. It was here that in 1661, the first University
on the territory of our state was opened, and in 1784,
as its part, a medical faculty was started, which was
later transformed into the medical institute (in 1939).
It was in the 19th century Lviv that Lukasevych, a phar-
macist, invented the petrol lamp, which opened the
era of artificial lighting during surgeries. Rydygier,
a famous Austrian surgeon, one of the pioneers
of stomach surgery (1897), worked in Lviv; successful
removal of tumors of female genital organs were done
in K. Bocheński’s clinic (1921); lung resections were
done in T. Ostrowski’s clinic.
The history of the Lviv school of oncology is closely
connected with two internationally renowned names.
Back in 1929, Marie Skłodowska Curie, the two times
Nobel Prize winner, presented to the branch of the Po-
lish Cancer Institute working in Lviv 80 mg of radium,
which she discovered. It was a truly royal present.
During the World War II, that radium was hidden and
started being used for the benefit of people after the
end of the war.
In 1945, Professor Havrylo Porfentiyovych Kov-
tunovych, a disciple of one of the founders of the
clinical oncology in the world and a prominent Rus-
sian academician N.N. Petrov, came to Lviv, where
the majority of professors of the medical faculty were
eliminated. He headed the department of surgical
propaedeutics, but, understandably, most important
areas of the department’s activity included the re-
search in clinical oncology. Professor H.P. Kovtunovych
carried on the traditions of his Teacher N.N. Petrov
that consisted in an integral combination of clinical
practice and deep understanding of theoretical on-
cology. He was interested in the issues of theoretical
and clinical oncology. Many specialists know his works
on tumor etiology (the impact of radiation factor),
radiation therapy and surgical treatment methods,
particularly ablastics and antiblastics. 10 candidate
and 3 doctoral dissertations were presented under Submitted: December 23, 2016.
Exp Oncol 2016
38, 1, 60–62
CHRONICLE
Experimental Oncology 38, 60–62, 2016 (March) 61
Professor H.P. Kovtunovychy’s scholarly supervi-
sion. The most prominent representatives of Pro-
fessor H.P. Kovtunovychy’s Lviv school of oncology
include Professor A.I. Hnatyshak, doctor of medical
sciences V. D. Keleman, Professor A.M. Serednytskyi,
Professor B.V. Kacharovskyi, and Professor H.A. Ivash-
kevych, and others. He prompted one of his youngest
colleagues, B. Bilynsky, to engage into the research
of postoperative tumor relapse.
H.P. Kovtunovychy’s surgical clinic actively deve-
loped surgical approaches to the treatment of onco-
logical patients. In particular, in the 1950’s they ac-
tively studied surgical techniques of pancreas cancer
treatment (pancreaticoduodenal resections), which
became the topic of Professor H.P. Kovtunovych’s and
Associate Professor V. Keleman’s monograph “Sur-
gery of pancreas head cancer” (Kyiv, 1963, in Russian).
Further history of the Lviv school of oncology
is tightly connected with the name of Professor Ana-
toliy Ivanovych Hnatyshak. It was already at that time
that he started a serious research at Professor Kovtu-
novych’s department. In 1950, he presented his can-
didate dissertation entitled “Cancer and tuberculosis”.
In 1959, he presented his doctoral dissertation entitled
“Thyroid cancer”. Using its materials, he published
a monograph in 1963; for many years, it remained the
only book on the topic in the former USSR. Profes-
sor A.I. Hnatyshak was the first person in the USSR who
managed to concentrate teaching of oncology to stu-
dents at a separate department, which he established
in Lviv in 1966. It was on 5 October 1965 that the Lviv
oncologic dispensary moved to the new premises and
became the basis for the newly established depart-
ment, and received the title of “clinical”, which facili-
tates a more in-depth research into different branches
of oncology.
For 20 years, Professor A.I. Hnatyshak had been
doing active research and teaching. Its extent and
value are proven by over 120 publications, as well
as by the supervision over eight doctoral and 40 candi-
date dissertations. In 1975, “A textbook in general and
clinical oncology” (Moscow) was published. It became
the first textbook on general and clinical oncology for
students. The popularity of this book is proven by its
republication in 1989. The immense methodological
experience in teaching oncology, which the depart-
ment accumulated under the leadership of Profes-
sor A.I. Hnatyshak was reflected in another textbook
for students entitled “Clinical oncology”.
The oncologists of Ukraine and other countries
know well the works by A.I. Hnatyshak on the problems
of breast cancer, hormonotherapy, and the use of the
indicators of sex chromatin in treatment of breast
cancer, which were covered in the respective chapters
of “An oncologist’s handbook” (Kyiv, 1975), as well
as his works on determination of the tumors’ sensitivity
to pharmaceutical treatment.
From 1986 to 2004 the department of oncology
was chaired by Professor H.P. Kovtunovych’s and
Professor A.I. Hnatyshak’s disciple B.T. Bilynsky,
doctor of medical sciences (1972), professor (1978).
He worked as a doctor, oncosurgeon, head of the
surgery department in a district hospital, resident
doctor of the regional hospital, younger and senior
researcher of the Research Institute of Hemato-
logy and Blood Transfusion, associate professor,
and later a professor and chair of the department
of oncology and medical radiology at the Lviv Medi-
cal University. In 1963, he presented his candidate
dissertation entitled “Implantation relapses of breast
cancer and their connection with cancer cells in the
wound during mammectomy”. He has been working
at the department of oncology of the Lviv Institute
since its establishment. He continues developing the
traditions set up by Professor H.P. Kovtunovych and
Professor A.I. Hnatyshak. He promoted democratic
reformation of the healthcare system in Lviv region,
co-authored the project of reorganization of the first
Ukrainian hospice, and developed and implemented
a screening system for early diagnostics of cancer
among the employees of big industrial enterprises.
Professor B.T. Bilynsky’s research interests and
works cover a wide range of problems connected with
surgical and conservative treatment of tumors, and
research of the patterns of metastasis, hepatology,
and immunology. B.T. Bilynsky is the author of over
500 publications including 11 monographs and 3 text-
books, among them the book “Oncology”. It is the first
textbook in this area for doctors and students written
in Ukrainian (it was republished four times — in 1992,
1998, 2004, and 2007) and summarizes the educational
experience of the department. He also prepared the
manual “Modern schemes of polychemotherapy of the
main diseases in adults and children”. He was the advi-
sor of 5 doctors and 20 candidates of medical sciences.
Over the last 12 years, under the supervision of Pro-
fessor T. H. Fetsych, the department of oncology of the
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National University has been ac-
tively involved into the elaboration of the new methods
and techniques of treatment of locally advanced forms
of cancer with different localization, which is proven
by the articles and patents on application of intraopera-
tive hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion for
treatment of patients with stomach cancer accompa-
nied by peritoneal sarcomatosis, as well as on applica-
tion of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion
in cases of chemoresistant ovary cancer; the search
for prognostic factors in esophagus and cardia surgery;
the study of the role of separate cell-molecular factors
of the micro-surrounding in progressing of malignant
tumors of the female reproductive system. All of these
correspond to the three areas of activity initiated at the
establishment of the school of oncology, namely:
1) combination of theoretical and clinical oncology
(immunology of tumors, sensitivity to chemotherapy,
hormonal therapy); 2) individualization (personalization)
of the approaches to treatment; 3) improvement of the
surgical techniques and adjuvant therapy.
Several dissertations have been presented lately:
“The estimation of efficiency of application of intraperi-
62 Experimental Oncology 38, 60–62, 2016 (March)
toneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion for chemoresis-
tant ovarian cancer” (Dutchak U.M., 2013), “Intraope-
rative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion
in treatment of gastric cancer with peritoneal carcino-
matosis” (Yarema R.R., 2012), “Optimizing treatment
of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer to the
liver” (Zubarev M.G., 2011).
After Ukraine gained its independence, young
Ukrainian researchers got new opportunities. Hundreds
of young doctors got a chance to go for a practical train-
ing to famous European and American medical centers.
The Lviv school of oncology is broader than the
department of the same name. It has been uniting the
staff of the base institution, Lviv State Oncology Re-
gional Treatment and Diagnostics Center (LSORTDC).
The head of the department of chemotherapy, docent
and candidate of medical sciences Ya.V. Shparyk has
established cooperation with counterpart institu-
tions in Europe and the USA. Due to this, one of the
most powerful centers of chemotherapy in Ukraine
has been established. Candidate of medical scien-
ces T. B. Kachmar also works in this center. The center
of chemotherapy cooperated with the researchers
from the Institute of Hematology and Transfusiology,
the candidate of medical sciences V.M. Matlan and
doctor of medical sciences N.I. Kitsera, whose doc-
toral dissertation was dedicated to hereditary tumors.
The first Ukrainian “Hospice” chaired by the candi-
date of medical sciences Ye.B. Moskvyak is affiliated
to the Lviv research school. Researchers from Ternopil,
Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, and Lutsk also join our school.
A number of practitioners from other regions of Ukraine
also feel and declare their belonging to the school that
used to be headed by such luminaries as H.P. Kovtu-
novych and A.I. Hnatyshak. The Lviv school of oncology
has been cooperating closely with oncologists from
our capital city.
The research school of oncology has always been
disseminating its ideas through research and practical
society of oncologists, which was traditionally headed
by the leaders of the school. The reputation of the Lviv
society has always been very high, which is proven
by the publications of the Society’s reports in the fa-
mous journal “Problems of Oncology” (1963, 1966).
Despite the considerable oncological and political
problems that the country has been facing in general,
and its healthcare system is not an exception, the Lviv
school of oncology and the Lviv Society of Oncolo-
gists continue their functioning cherishing the best
traditions of their predecessors. We remember that
to reach new frontiers we have to rely on the experi-
ence of our teachers.
Science cannot develop outside the collective
of researchers; and here, scientific schools play
a great role, and the Lviv school of oncology is not
an exception.
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| spelling | Bilynsky, B.T. Shparyk, Ya.V. Mryglotsky, M.M. Lukavetskyy, N.O. Volod’ko, N.A. Litvinyak, R.I. 2018-06-17T20:18:38Z 2018-06-17T20:18:38Z 2016 70th Anniversary Of The Lviv Scientific School Of Oncology / B.T. Bilynsky, Ya.V. Shparyk, M.M. Mryglotsky, N.O. Lukavetskyy, N.A. Volod’ko, R.I. Litvinyak // Experimental Oncology. — 2016 — Т. 38, № 1. — С. 60–62. — Бібліогр.: 14 назв. — англ. 1812-9269 https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/137985 Contemporary development of scientific thought is fostered not by separate people but is a purposeful activity of a group of likeminded people armed with progressive ideas and modern technical equipment. Such schools appeared and work actively in the majo rity of research and educational establishments, clinics, and universities. The Lviv school established in 1945 by Professor H.P. Kovtunovych and developed by Professor A.I. Hnatyshak and his disciples can serve as an example of a successful school of oncology that continues its activity and yields scientific results. This school appeared not out of the thin air. Medieval Lviv could boast of the first university on the territory of the present-day Ukraine. Many discoveries and endeavors that made a beneficial impact on the development of medicine in Eastern Europe were made in this city. For historical reasons, the city of Lviv used to belong to different state formations (Austria-Hungary, Poland, the USSR; now it is a part of Ukraine), which could not but reflect on the staffing of doctor-researchers. This process acquired a special intensity in 1939–1945 when the research staff of the university changed substantially. Then, in 1945, H.P. Kovtunovych, the disciple of the prominent oncologist N.N. Petrov, came to Lviv and brought the ideas of St.-Petersburg oncology to the Lviv ground. The Lviv school was influenced by the two times Nobel Prize winner Marie Skłodowska Curie, who facilitated the initiation of oncological radiology in Lviv. The article contains data on research done by the disciples of Professors H.P. Kovtunovych and A.I. Hnatyshak. The first ever teaching chair of oncology in the USSR was founded in Lviv (1966), as well as the first Ukrainian hospice — an institution for palliative care for the oncological patients. The Lviv oncology center is one of the biggest and best-equipped oncology centers in Ukraine. An organic combination of theory and clinical practice has always been the guiding principle of the Lviv school of oncology. Presently, the Lviv school of oncology unites six doctors of sciences, a large collective of educators and researchers, as well as practitioners of the center of oncology. The school maintains close scientific and practical ties with oncologists of Ukraine as well as with leading oncological centers of Europe and America. en Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України Experimental Oncology Chronicle 70th Anniversary Of The Lviv Scientific School Of Oncology Article published earlier |
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