Matti S. Aapro MD

Dr. Matti Aapro received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was a fellow at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson and was the founding chair of the Medical and Radiation Therapy Department at the European Institute of Oncology in Milano.

He is presently Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute, Genolier, Switzerland. Dr. Aapro serves as Executive Director of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). He was member of the Board of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). Dr. Aapro is past President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC).

Dr. Aapro chaired the scientific and organizing committees of UICC’s World Cancer Congress of 2008 and continues to serve UICC for the WCC in China in 2010. He was member of the ECCO/ESMO 2009 Scientific Committee. He coordinates the SPCC programme of the European School of Oncology. Dr. Aapro is Editor-in-Chief of Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, as well as Associate Editor of Annals of Oncology, Associate Editor for the geriatric section of the Oncologist and member of the editorial board of Journal of Clinical Oncology (breast section). He has authored more than 250 publications and his major interests are new drug development, breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, and supportive care.