title: Cancer education in Ukraine.
abstract: The main features of the system of 'higher medical education' in Ukraine are presented. The principles of undergraduate, specialist training, and postgraduate education on oncology are described in detail and discussed in terms of European standards of cancer education. It is underlined that the cancer education in the system of higher and postgraduate education should be continuous, multidisciplinary, and of high quality.
authors.affiliation: RE Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, 03022, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Vasyl F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Chekhun
authors.forename: Iryna V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Shepelenko
keywords: high medical education; oncology; teaching; training