Natalia Yunusova is a leading researcher of the Cancer Research Institute of Tomsk National Research Medical Center. The main scientific research areas concern the study of the pathogenetic aspects of malignant neoplasms associated with metabolic syndromes (endometrial cancer and colorectal cancer). Another area of scientific activity of Yunusova N.V. is the study of the diagnostic and prognostic potential of extracellular vesicles (exosomes) in various malignant neoplasms. She is the author of more than 200 published works, including 4 monographs on the pathogenetic aspects of endometrial cancer and the role of extracellular vesicles in cancer diagnosis, and has 6 patents.