Dr. Prokopenko developed and implemented in clinical practice technologies of interventional radiology in mammology, improving the level of verification of new cases of breast cancer. In 2006, he was the Chairman of the first Department of Clinical Mammology, Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Therapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Over 4,000 medical students underwent training in mammology, interventional radiology, core-biopsy, VAB-biopsy.