title: [History of the foundation of the Moscow P.A. Gertsen Research Institute of Oncology].
abstract: The Moscow Oncology Institute was opened on November 18 (December 1) 1903 and named "Institute for Treatment of Malignant Tumors at Moscow University". With the lapse of time this name was changed several times. In 1947 it was named after a prominent Soviet surgeon P.A. Herzen. It is the oldest in Russia  and one of the oldest in the world institutions for oncology researches.
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000266:history*; D009031:Moscow
vernacular_title: K istorii osnovaniia Moskovskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Onkologicheskogo Institute im. P.A. Gertsena.