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Sumitra Thongprasert

Chiang Mai University, TLD, Thailand

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Sumitra Thongprasert started her career in oncology in 1983. Following a fellowship in Hematology-Oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, she returned to Chiang Mai University in Thailand and set up the Medical Oncology Unit there, she has been Professor of Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University since 1999. Dr. Thongprasert chaired the Thai Society of Clinical Oncology (TSCO) from 2002 to 2006. She has served as a board of director for the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) since 2011, had been a member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Developing Country Task Force (DCTF) during 2005-2010, and is a Far East regional representative for the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) since 2008. In addition, Dr. Thongprasert is a member of several groups and societies including the Thai Society of Oncology, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), the Asia Clinical Oncology Society (ACOS), ESMO, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr. Thongprasert has published widely on her research interests which include treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, biliary tract cancer and quality of life.