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Mechanisms of cancer metastasis

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Rongrong Zhou
Central South University
99
2
Karuna Ganesh
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
98
3
Zhenqi Jiang
Beijing Institute of Technology
83
4
Dorothy A. Sipkins
Duke University
78
5
Yin Yuan
Nantong University
73
6
Andreas E. Moor
ETH Zurich
70
7
Fuyan Wang
Central South University
69
8
Luqing Zhao
Central South University
62
9
Sarah‐Maria Fendt
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology
62
10
Yang Zhou
Third People's Hospital of Chengdu
58

Rising Stars Papers

1
Development of antibody-drug conjugates targeting L1CAM to treat metastatic cancer
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Shi B. Chia
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
99
2
Dasa He
Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health
95
3
Fan Huang
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
95
4
Catalina Rozalén
Hospital Del Mar
76
5
Ana Henriques
Institute for Research in Biomedicine
73
6
Hsi-wen Yeh
Rockefeller University
68
7
Zizhao Wang
Soochow University
67
8
Azusa Terasaki
Stanford University
66
9
Lisha Hou
Capital Medical University
66
10
Muhammad H. Shahzad
Montreal General Hospital
66

Emerging Leaders Papers

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Joan Massagué
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
99
2
Weiping Zou
University of Michigan
99
3
Xuejun Jiang
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
93
4
Andrew J. Armstrong
Cornell University
87
5
David W. Goodrich
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
84
6
Howard Y. Chang
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
83
7
Karin E. de Visser
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
83
8
Liang Li
Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province
80
9
Dan Xie
Sun Yat-sen University
79
10
Hongyang Wang
Second Military Medical University
79

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Smad transcription factors
Genes & Development|2005
2.4k cit.
2
Ferroptosis is an autophagic cell death process
Cell Research|2016
1.8k cit.
3
IL-17-producing γδ T cells and neutrophils conspire to promote breast cancer metastasis
Nature|2015
1.7k cit.
4
Controlling TGF-β signaling
Genes & Development|2000
1.6k cit.
5
Cancer-derived exosomal miR-25-3p promotes pre-metastatic niche formation by inducing vascular permeability and angiogenesis
Nature Communications|2018
1.1k cit.
6
Tumor-derived exosomal miR-1247-3p induces cancer-associated fibroblast activation to foster lung metastasis of liver cancer
Nature Communications|2018
1k cit.
7
A mechanism of repression of TGFbeta / Smad signaling by oncogenic Ras
Genes & Development|1999
999 cit.
8
Kip/Cip and Ink4 Cdk inhibitors cooperate to induce cell cycle arrest in response to TGF-beta.
Genes & Development|1995
963 cit.
9
N6-methyladenosine modification of circNSUN2 facilitates cytoplasmic export and stabilizes HMGA2 to promote colorectal liver metastasis
Nature Communications|2019
836 cit.
10
Roles of TGFβ in metastasis
Cell Research|2008
805 cit.

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