Matti Aapro

Clinique de Genolier, Switzerland

Matti Aapro

Academic positions:
- Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute
- Consultant to the Scientific Director, European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy
- Consultant, Division of Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
- Medical oncologist, Geneva University Hospital
- Associate Expert of the "Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal of Annemasse, France."

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Aapro's primary areas of interest include breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, new drug development and supportive care.

Any other information:
Dr Aapro holds a number of professional positions:
- Member of the Board of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
- Executive Director of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG)
- Immediate past-President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)
- Serves the Cancer Research Campaign in the UK, the Institut National du Cancer of France (INCa) and other organisations as an advisor
- Chairs the Scientific and Organizing Committees of the World Cancer Congress, UICC (August 2008, Geneva)
- He has written more than 180 peer-reviewed papers and over 330 scientific abstracts.
- Editor-in-Chief of Critical Reviews in Oncology Hæmatology
- Editor-in-Chief of www.cancerworld.org
- Associate Editor of Annals of Oncology
- Section Editor for The Oncologist

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Oncology > Cancer in the Elderly (since 16 November 2005)

Matti Aapro is a Section Head for Cancer in the Elderly, part of the ONCOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.