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Matti Aapro

Matti Aapro

MD
Clinique de Genolier, Genolier, Switzerland

Matti Aapro, MD is Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute, Genolier, Switzerland.

Dr Aapro coordinates the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC) program of the European School of Oncology (ESO), and is executive board member of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), as well as board member of the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO).

He was President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) between 2004-2006, has served on its Board of Directors for several terms, and was appointed Co-Chair of MASCC’s Antiemetic Study Group in June 2014. In 2016, he was the recipient of the MASCC’s Distinguished Service Award.

Further, he is Editor-in-Chief of Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, associate editor for the geriatric section of the Oncologist, and founding editor of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology (JGO).

He has authored more than 350 publications and his interests include new drug development, breast cancer, supportive care, and cancer in the elderly.

Supportive care in cancer: more is needed 3:39
Supportive care in cancer: more is needed
Matti Aapro • 28 Sep 2019
NEPA to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting 2:15
NEPA to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
Matti Aapro • 28 Sep 2019
How to manage elderly patients on immunotherapy 3:14
How to manage elderly patients on immunotherapy
Matti Aapro
Guidelines for adherence to CINV treatment 2:47
Guidelines for adherence to CINV treatment
Matti Aapro
Minimising potentially futile treatments in advanced cancers 1:49
Minimising potentially futile treatments in advanced cancers
Matti Aapro
Lung cancer treatment: where are we now? 1:48
Lung cancer treatment: where are we now?
Matti Aapro • 11 Apr 2018
Increasing cigarette price as a lung cancer prevention incentive 1:12
Increasing cigarette price as a lung cancer prevention incentive
Matti Aapro • 11 Apr 2018
Lung cancer today: screening, surgery & radiotherapy 2:25
Lung cancer today: screening, surgery & radiotherapy
Matti Aapro • 11 Apr 2018
The All.Can initiative: transforming wishful thinking into action 2:29
The All.Can initiative: transforming wishful thinking into action
Matti Aapro • 8 Sep 2017
Changing opinions on the use of biosimilars 2:58
Changing opinions on the use of biosimilars
Matti Aapro • 8 Sep 2017
The impact of antiemetics 2:08
The impact of antiemetics
Matti Aapro • 8 Sep 2017
The importance of supportive and palliative care 1:44
The importance of supportive and palliative care
Matti Aapro • 27 Jan 2017
Medical expert representatives for patients 2:05
Medical expert representatives for patients
Matti Aapro • 27 Jan 2017
Advantages of pegfilgrastim over filgrastim in managing chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia 2:33
Advantages of pegfilgrastim over filgrastim in managing chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia
Matti Aapro • 26 Jan 2017
Update on European initiatives to influence policy and make cancer care more efficient 2:21
Update on European initiatives to influence policy and make cancer care more efficient
Matti Aapro • 26 Jan 2017
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