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Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Sunny Z. Wu
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
2
Lena Cords
Helmholtz Zentrum München
3
Lisa Sikkema
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4
Amanda Janesick
10X Genomics (United States)
5
Avishai Gavish
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6
Jelle J. F. Sleeboom
Erasmus MC
7
Dalia Barkley
Institute for Family Health
8
Waad H. Abuwatfa
American University of Sharjah
9
Jia-Jian Loh
University of Hong Kong
10
Lian Narunsky-Haziza
Nucleix (Israel)

Papers

1
The extracellular matrix as hallmark of cancer and metastasis: From biomechanics to therapeutic targets
Science Translational Medicine|2024
333 cit.
2
Scaffold-based 3D cell culture models in cancer research
Journal of Biomedical Science|2024
278 cit.
3
Cancer-associated fibroblast phenotypes are associated with patient outcome in non-small cell lung cancer
Cancer Cell|2024
260 cit.
4
Hallmarks of cancer stemness
Cell stem cell|2024
259 cit.
5
Classifying cancer-associated fibroblasts—The good, the bad, and the target
Cancer Cell|2024
110 cit.
6
Fibroblastic FLT3L supports lymph node dendritic cells in the interfollicular niche
Nature Immunology|2025
4 cit.
7
Biomarker Quantification in Breast Cancer using Xenium In Situ
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
1 cit.
8
Publication (2024) [W4409103292]
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.
9
Publication in Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics (2025) [W7135091611]
Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics|2025
0 cit.
10
Publication in Cancer Research (2026) [W7148638437]
Cancer Research|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Nicola Aceto
ETH Zurich
2
Mathew J. Garnett
Wellcome Sanger Institute
3
Michael Angelo
Stanford University
4
Mohit Kumar Jolly
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
5
Tomasz Kolenda
Greater Poland Cancer Center
6
Ruben van Boxtel
Oncode Institute
7
Shang Cai
Westlake University
8
Guoqiang Hua
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
9
Aleksander Skardal
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
10
Meritxell Huch
Center for Systems Biology Dresden

Papers

1
Tumor-resident intracellular microbiota promotes metastatic colonization in breast cancer
Cell|2022
952 cit.
2
Transition to invasive breast cancer is associated with progressive changes in the structure and composition of tumor stroma
Cell|2022
383 cit.
3
The metastatic spread of breast cancer accelerates during sleep
Nature|2022
334 cit.
4
Patient‐Derived Organoids from Colorectal Cancer with Paired Liver Metastasis Reveal Tumor Heterogeneity and Predict Response to Chemotherapy
Advanced Science|2022
190 cit.
5
MutationalPatterns: the one stop shop for the analysis of mutational processes
BMC Genomics|2022
181 cit.
6
A spatially resolved timeline of the human maternal–fetal interface
Nature|2023
172 cit.
7
Robust phenotyping of highly multiplexed tissue imaging data using pixel-level clustering
Nature Communications|2023
91 cit.
8
Improved detection of colibactin-induced mutations by genotoxic E. coli in organoids and colorectal cancer
Cancer Cell|2024
89 cit.
9
Landscape of epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity as an emergent property of coordinated teams in regulatory networks
eLife|2022
77 cit.
10
RNF43/ZNRF3 loss predisposes to hepatocellular-carcinoma by impairing liver regeneration and altering the liver lipid metabolic ground-state
Nature Communications|2022
70 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
2
Robert A. Weinberg
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
3
Michael F. Clarke
Stanford University
4
Edwin M. Horwitz
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
5
Jeremy N. Rich
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6
Peter B. Dirks
Hospital for Sick Children
7
Max S. Wicha
University of Michigan
8
Mina J. Bissell
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9
Roel G.W. Verhaak
University of New Haven
10
Daniel A. Haber
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Papers

1
Minimal criteria for defining multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells. The International Society for Cellular Therapy position statement
Cytotherapy|2006
17.7k cit.
2
Activating Mutations in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Underlying Responsiveness of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib
New England Journal of Medicine|2004
11.5k cit.
3
Inferring tumour purity and stromal and immune cell admixture from expression data
Nature Communications|2013
10.7k cit.
4
Prospective identification of tumorigenic breast cancer cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2003
10.4k cit.
5
The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells
Cell|2008
8.7k cit.
6
Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1
Cancer Cell|2010
7.7k cit.
7
Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells
Nature|2004
7.4k cit.
8
Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche
Nature|2009
7.2k cit.
9
Glioma stem cells promote radioresistance by preferential activation of the DNA damage response
Nature|2006
6.4k cit.
10
Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5
Nature|2007
5.7k cit.

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