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Dr. Matti Aapro studied in Geneva and was a fellow at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson. He was the founding chair of the Medical and Radiation Therapy Department at the European Institute of Oncology in Milano and now Dean of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute, Genolier, Switzerland. Dr. Aapro serves as the Executive Director of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). He was a member of the Board of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). Dr. Aapro is a Board Member and past-President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). He chaired the scientific/organizing committees of UICC's World Cancer Congresses 2008/2010 (Geneva/Shenzhen). A member of ESMO 2012 and EMCC 2013 Scientific Committees, he coordinates the SPCC programme of the European School of Oncology (ESO). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, and an Associate Editor of Annals of Oncology and for the geriatric section of the Oncologist. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology. He has authored more than 250 publications on new drug development, breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, and supportive care. Dr. Aapro has received the 2010 Acta Oncologica Award and the 2012 ASCO B.J. Kennedy prize.