Stomach
Cancer, gastrointestinal stromal and neuroendocrine tumours, polyps.
Forum speaker 2026
Gleb Kichigin
A surgical oncologist who operates on tumours of the stomach, pancreas and liver
Yekaterinburg
About the speaker
Gleb Kichigin is a practising surgical oncologist and Deputy Chief Physician for Surgery at the Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary. His field is tumours of the abdominal organs. Before oncology he worked as a surgeon at City Clinical Hospital No. 14 and Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1. At the forum he will talk about finding gastrointestinal tumours at an early stage.
- Deputy Chief Physician for Surgery, Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary
- Surgical oncologist, abdominal surgeon
2015
graduated from the Faculty of General Medicine, Ural State Medical University
2020
joined the abdominal oncology department of the regional oncology dispensary
14:10
October 15 — a talk on early diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumours
What he works on
Surgery for abdominal tumours
He plans the work-up, decides whether surgery is needed and operates on malignant tumours of the abdominal organs — both with open surgery and with minimally invasive techniques: laparoscopy and endoscopy.
Pancreas
Cancer, neuroendocrine tumours, adenomas, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
Liver and bile ducts
Primary liver tumours and liver metastases, tumours of the extrahepatic bile ducts.
As well as tumours of the gallbladder, small intestine, spleen, adrenal gland, retroperitoneum and peritoneum.
Career
From emergency surgery to oncology
2009–2015
Faculty of General Medicine, Ural State Medical University.
2011
Internship at Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2015–2016
Internship in surgery at the same university.
2015–2021
Emergency surgeon at City Clinical Hospital No. 14, Yekaterinburg.
2016–2020
Surgeon at Surgical Department No. 2, Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1.
2020
Professional retraining in oncology and a move to the abdominal oncology department of the Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary.
Forum podcast
What he tells his patients
In October 2025 Gleb Kichigin was the guest of the first episode of the forum podcast, “Cancer is not a sentence!”. The conversation covered whether cancer can be cured, whether it really is getting younger, and what gives the surgeon himself strength. His answer to the last question: running and family.
Cancer is not a death sentence
The main myth, he says, is that cancer is a fatal disease. When a tumour is found, it is important not to panic and to find a specialist who will refer you to a specialised centre.
Surgery is not the only method
Surgery today is one of the options. Treatment is combined: an operation, anticancer drug therapy and radiotherapy. The plan is chosen by a board of a surgeon, a chemotherapist and a radiotherapist.
The stage decides a lot
At early stages radical treatment is possible and one can speak of a cure. That is why doctors aim to find a tumour as early as possible.
Treatment is a joint effort
The patient has to want treatment and follow the recommendations. Herbs and supplements have no evidence base and do not replace treatment at an oncology centre.
You have to understand that today, in the twenty-first century, cancer is treatable, and we treat it effectively.
Gleb Kichigin · Forum podcast “Cancer is not a sentence!”, October 2025
Hear the speaker at the forum
The talk “Early diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors” — October 15, 2026, City program, 14:10–14:30. Yekaterinburg, Glavny Prospekt arts center.