• Dr. Aapro is presently Member of the Board of Directors of the Genolier Cancer Centre, Genolier, Switzerland. He serves the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) as Executive Board Member.
• He is one of the directors of the European School of Oncology (ESO). He is member of the board of ECCO - the European CanCer Organization.
• He is past-President of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), and is now its Antiemetic Study Group chair for 2017-2019, and honorary President of the French-speaking Association for Oncological Supportive Care (AFSOS).
• chaired the scientific and organizing committees of UICC’s (then called International Union against Cancer) World Cancer Congress of 2008 in Geneva, and 2010 in Shenzhen (China).
• Dr. Aapro is Editorin-Chief of Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, as well as Associate Editor for the geriatric section of the Oncologist. He is also founding editor of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology.
• He has authored more than 250 publications and his major interests are new drug development, breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, and supportive care.