Valentyn Leonidovych Ganul
Ukrainian oncology suffered a grievous loss. In March 29, 2015, aged 85, Valentyn Leonidovych Ganul died. Prof. Ganul was an outstanding oncologist, a virtuoso surgeon, founder of the Ukrainian School of Thought in Thoracic Cancer Surgery, Commander of the Order of Friendship of Peoples,...
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Ukrainian oncology suffered
a grievous loss. In March
29, 2015, aged 85, Valentyn
Leonidovych Ganul
died. Prof. Ganul was
an outstanding oncologist,
a virtuoso surgeon, founder
of the Ukrainian School
of Thought in Thoracic Cancer
Surgery, Commander
of the Order of Friendship
of Peoples, Corresponding
Member of National Academy
of Sciences (NAS) and National Academy of Medical
Sciences (NAMS) of Ukraine, Memorial R.E. Kavetsky
Award Holder of the NAS of Ukraine, Head of the Research
Department of Thoracic Cancer Surgery of the National
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158 Experimental Oncology 37, 158–158, 2015 (June)
VALENTYN LEONIDOVYCH GANUL
Ukrainian oncology suffered
a grievous loss. In March
29, 2015, aged 85, Valen-
tyn Leonidovych Ganul
died. Prof. Ganul was
an outstanding oncologist,
a virtuoso surgeon, foun-
der of the Ukrainian School
of Thought in Thoracic Can-
cer Surgery, Commander
of the Order of Friendship
of Peoples, Corresponding
Member of National Aca-
demy of Sciences (NAS) and National Academy of Medi-
cal Sciences (NAMS) of Ukraine, Memorial R.E. Kavetsky
Award Holder of the NAS of Ukraine, Head of the Research
Department of Thoracic Cancer Surgery of the National
Cancer Institute.
Valentyn Ganul was born in Poltava, Ukraine. In 1954,
he graduated from the Kharkiv Medical Institute. He star-
ted his working career as an attending physician of the Kyiv
Regional Oncological Center. In 1958–1959, under
the guidance of well-known thoracic surgeon Mykola
Amosov, Valentyn Leonidovych worked as a doctor and
researcher at the Department of Thoracic Surgery in Kyiv
Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Pulmonology.
Since 1959, Valentyn Ganul had been working
as an assistant, and since 1964 (after defending his doc-
toral thesis in 1971) as an Associate Professor in the De-
partment of Oncology of the Kyiv Institute for Physicians’
Continuing Education. During these years, he became
an experienced clinician-oncologist, a brilliant surgeon,
thoughtful scholar and erudite lecturer.
By the early 1970s, Valentyn Ganul’s research interests
focused on thoracic oncology, which is among the most diffi-
cult fields of clinical oncology. In 1971, he headed the Depart-
ment for Thoracic Oncolo gy of the National Cancer Institute
(at that time, the Kyiv Research Radiological and Oncologic
Institute of the Health Ministry of the USSR). Since that time,
all his efforts and talent had focused on the development and
improvement of treatment methods for lung cancer, media-
stinal tumors, cancer of the esophagus, and gastric cardia
cancer. In 1983, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled
“Surgical and Combined Treatment of Patients with Esopha-
geal and Cardioesophageal Cancer”, which was a significant
scientific contribution to oncology. In 1988, Valentyn Ganul
was awarded the academic title of professor.
Since 1974, in addition to heading the Department
of Thoracic Oncology, Valentyn Ganul occupied le ading
positions in the Institute as the Deputy Director for Re-
search, since 1979 as the Deputy Director of the Clinic,
in 1987–1991 as the Director of the Institute, and in 1991–
1999 as the Head of the Clinical and Surgical Department.
Having dedicated 40 years of his life to thoracic oncolo-
gy, Prof. Ganul became an outstanding Ukrainian surgeon
and researcher. He developed and perfected many types
of techniques used in surgery of esophagus, cardia, lung,
mediastinal tumors. His unique technique for the forma-
tion of esophageal-gastric bypass was widely recognized
in the CIS countries. He performed prominent scientific
studies in the field of combined and complex treatment
of cancer. Under Prof. Ganul’s leadership, effective
methods were developed such as preoperative radiation
therapy, either alone or in combination with a variety of ra-
diomodifiers; adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy;
immunotherapy.
The research department, headed by Valentyn Ganul,
has become one of the world’s most prominent centers for
surgical treatment of patients with cancer of the esopha-
gus and Ukraine’s largest center for treatment of patients
with lung cancer. Prof. Ganul and his team and students
have gained unique experience in treating patients with
malignant thymoma. Valentyn Ganul was a founder
of a school of thoughts in Thoracic Cancer Surgery. Under
his supervision, 6 doctoral and 12 candidate theses were
defended. Valentyn Ganul authored about 200 scientific
papers, including 7 monographs, and 11 inventions.
For outstanding service to health care and medical
science, Valentyn Ganul was awarded the title of Honored
Worker of Health Care in 1974 and the Order of Friendship
of Peoples in 1981. In 2009, he was awarded the title of Ho-
nored Doctor of Ukraine.
In 1985, the 8th Congress of Ukrainian Oncologists elected
Valentyn Ganul as the Chairman of the Presi dium of the Ukrai-
nian Scientific-Medical Society of Oncologists. In 1991,
Prof. Ganul was elected a member of the NAS of Ukraine,
and in 1993 — a member of the NAMS of Ukraine. Valentyn
Ganul was a member of specialized councils for defending
theses in the fields of Oncology and Radiology, deputy chief
editor of the “Oncology” quarterly, a member of the editorial
board of the “Experimental Oncology”. A talented scientist,
he featured high responsibility and demands to himself and
his followers and an extraordinary intuition. Respectful, mo-
dest, and sincere, he earned respect and deep gratitude from
patients and colleagues.
An outstanding scientist and oncologist, he chose health
care and service to the Ukrainian people as his lifework.
The memory of Valentyn Ganul, an talented surgeon and
an extremely noble man, will always remain in our hearts.
He devoted his life to treatment of thousands of patients, and
his successes in this field are the best memorial to the doctor
and oncologist.
Administration and team of the R.E. Kavetsky
Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology
and Radiobiology of the NAS of Ukraine
Editorial Board of “Experimental Oncology”
Exp Oncol 2015
37, 2, 158
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