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Meeting report: Metastasis Research Society–Chinese Tumor Metastasis Society joint conference on metastasis

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During September 16th–20th 2016, metastasis experts from around the world convened for the 16th Biennial Congress of the Metastasis Research Society and 12th National Congress of the Chinese Tumor Metastasis Society in Chengdu, China to share most current data covering basic, translational, and clinical metastasis research. Presentations of the more than 40 invited speakers of the main congress and presentations from the associated Young Investigator Satellite Meeting are summarized in this report by session topic. The congress program also included three concurrent short talk sessions, an advocacy forum with Chinese and American metastatic patient advocates, a ‘Meet the Professors Roundtable’ session for young investigators, and a ‘Meet the Editors’ session with editors from Cancer Cell and Nature Cell Biology. The goal of integrating expertise and exchanging the latest findings, ideas, and practices in cancer metastasis research was achieved magnificently, thanks to the excellent contributions of many leaders in the field.

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  1. The Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Lucia Borriello

  2. Cancer Division, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

    Thomas Cox

  3. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA

    Conor Lynch

  4. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Andries Zijlstra & Barbara Fingleton

  5. University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Miodrag Gužvić

  6. The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Robin Anderson

  7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Robin Anderson

  8. Keck School of Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Josh Neman

  9. Metastasis Research Society (MRS), 124 Hunters Ridge Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA

    Katherine Bankaitis

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Bankaitis, K., Borriello, L., Cox, T. et al. Meeting report: Metastasis Research Society–Chinese Tumor Metastasis Society joint conference on metastasis. Clin Exp Metastasis 34, 203–213 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10585-017-9842-1

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