In conjunction with the Tumor Microenvironment Working Group of the AACR
The Metastasis Research Society and the American Association for Cancer Research share a common goal of preventing and curing cancer through research. This joint conference, which drew over 600 attendees from 25 different countries, focused on metastasis and the impact of the tumor microenvironment on cancer initiation and progression.
CO-CHAIRPERSONS:
Patricia S. Steeg, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Bruce R. Zetter, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Adriana Albini, IRCCS Multimedica, Milan, Italy
Yves A. DeClerck, University of Southern California Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Lee M. Ellis, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Theresa A. Guise, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Kornelia Polyak, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
George W. Sledge, Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
Dan Theodorescu, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aurora, CO
Erik W. Thompson, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
Fernando Vidal-Vanaclocha, CEU-San Pablo University School of Medicine and Madrid Hospital Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Lalage M. Wakefield, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Danny R. Welch, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Max S. Wicha, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI