Metastasis Research Network
Funds four centres to work out how cancer actually spreads — each on one theme, through two or three interlocking basic research projects.
Most cancer deaths are caused by metastasis, and metastasis is still not well understood as a process. The National Cancer Institute funds Specialized Centers that together form the hub of its Metastasis Research Network.
Each centre proposes one overarching scientific theme and pursues it through two or three inter- and multidisciplinary basic research projects. NCI asks for integrative, systems…
Specialized Centers pursuing one overarching theme in cancer metastasis through two or three inter- and multidisciplinary basic research projects, using integrative systems-level approaches to explain the non-linear, dynamic and emergent processes involved, and connecting at least two central elements such as early dissemination, microenvironment crosstalk, dormancy, or how metastatic cells respond to therapy.
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