Wednesday, 5th September 14th International Biennial Conference on Metastasis Research 2012

• Roles of membrane-bound serine protease inhibitor, HAI-1, in invasion and metastasis of cancers - Tsuyoshi Fukushima
•   Cancer immune-escalation process and the role of inflammatory tumor microenvironment for promoting metastasis - Yoshihiro Hayakawa
• Toward a human platform for the tumor-targeted IFN-alpha delivery by genetically modified monocytes. - Roberta Mazzieri
• FOXC2 as prognostic factor and mediator of colorectal cancer progression - Wen-Ting Liao
• Matrix metalloproteinase control of the metastatic prostate cancer bone-microenvironment - Conor C Lynch
• Identification and characterisation of histological growth patterns of colorectal cancer liver metastases: (potential) role of  the  micro-environment - Gert G Van den Eynden

• Latent metastasis seeds and niches - Joan Massague
• Breast cancer bone metastasis — from molecular insights to novel therapeutics - Yibin Kang
• A functional in vivo shRNA screen for regulators of breast cancer metastasis - Richard P Redvers
• Malignant tumor growth in the bone microenvironment; crosstalk between TGFb and ERK/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway - Mitsuru Futakuchi
• Investigating breast cancer cell colonization of bone using engineered microenvironments - Anna V Taubenberger

MRS AGM

• Melanoma-derived exosomes educate bone marrow progenitor cells toward a pro-metastatic phenotype through MET - David Lyden
• Lysyl oxidase in pre-metastatic niche formation - Janine Erler
• Formation of an immunosuppressive pre-metastatic niche in breast cancer triggered by hypoxic tumour-derived factors - Jaclyn Sceneay
• Mechanisms of colorectal liver metastasis and novel molecular targets. - Hirotoshi Kikuchi

• The pivotal role of astrocytes in the biology and therapy of brain metastasis - Isaiah (Josh) Fidler