Prapassorn Thirasastr, MD, MS

Research Scientist
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Prapassorn Thirasastr is a research scientist in Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, United States. She graduated from faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. She had trained at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand for 6 years and received board certification in both Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology in Thailand. Also, she had awarded a Higher Graduate Diploma of Clinical Sciences and Master of Sciences degree from Chulalongkorn University in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Dr. Thirasastr had practiced as a medical oncologist in Thailand for 2 years before joining post-doctoral research program in MD Anderson Cancer Center under Dr. Neeta Somaiah, an Associate Professor of Sarcoma Medical Oncology and Deputy Chair in Division of Cancer Medicine at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, as her Mentor. Her researches focus on sarcoma, especially liposarcoma, MPNST and GIST.

Poster(s):

• (P 54) PRECLINICAL MODELS REVEALING MDM2-P53 INTERACTION AND DEPENDENCY FOR TUMOR CELL SURVIVAL IN WELL-DIFFERENTIATED (WD) AND DEDIFFERENTIATED (DD) LIPOSARCOMA (LPS).

• (P 184) MTAP IN GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR (GIST): RATE OF MTAP LOSS AND CONCORDANCE BETWEEN GENOMIC SEQUENCING AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY

• (P 274) RACIAL DISPARITIES IN INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY OVER 20 YEARS AMONG AYA PATIENTS WITH SARCOMA IN THE US: A SEER DATABASE ANALYSIS

• (P 351) THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES ON SURVIVAL OUTCOMES IN MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS

• (P 451) TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF GEMCITABINE AND DOCETAXEL IN PATIENTS WITH CLEAR CELL SARCOMA (CCS) OR GASTROINTESTINAL NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR (GNET): A CASE SERIES

• (P 460) OUTCOMES OF LATER-LINES SYSTEMIC THERAPIES IN MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS (MPNST)