Metastasis Research Society

Short description: International professional society dedicated to metastasis research and treatment

Metastasis Research SocietyFormation| 1984; 42 years ago (1984)

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Type| Professional association
Purpose| "to de-throne metastasis as a disease that steals lives by obtaining research results that translate to patients having an optimal quality of life while managing metastasis as a chronic condition, with the ultimate goal of achieving a cure."
Headquarters| Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Official language

| English

President

| Erik Sahai

Key people

| Alana Welm, President Elect

The Metastasis Research Society (MRS) is an international professional society dedicated to metastasis research and treatment. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, the MRS was formed in 1974 as the E.O.R.T.C. Metastasis Club by Bavarian clinical pharmacologist Kurt Hellmann and Director of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research Silvio Garattini. It took its current name in the mid-1980s, with its first international meeting as a formal society in 1984 in London.[1]

The MRS publishes several journals, including Clinical & Experimental Metastasis and Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, which has an impact factor of 6.081 in 2018, launched in 1982 to critically review and discuss challenges around cancer studies and therapeutic research.[2] Clinical & Experimental Metastasis was launched 1983 and has an impact factor of 5.15 as of 2020.[3] The journal covers metastasis research in multiple disciplines that focus on preventing and treating metastasis formation.

The society sponsors a biennial International Metastasis Research Congress where it presents its highest award, the Paget-Ewing Award for excellent research in cancer metastasis.[4] Named for Stephen Paget and James Ewing, the first awards were bestowed on Dale Rex Cowan and Irwing Zeidman for their pioneering work in the field at the 2nd International Metastasis Congress in Heidelberg in 1988, an event attended by 400 scientists from 22 countries.[4][5] More recent winners include Isaiah Fidler (2000), Lance Liotta (2002), David Cheresh (2010), Joan Massagué (2012), Richard Hynes (2018), Ashani Weeraratna (2022).

## References

1. ↑ "Kurt Hellman - a rare breed of medical and scientific humanitarian". Oncology News 13 (2): 12–14. March–April 2018. https://www.oncologynews.biz/copy-of-jan-feb-2018.
2. ↑ "Cancer and Metastasis Reviews - Springer" (in en). https://link.springer.com/journal/10555.
3. ↑ "Clinical & Experimental Metastasis - Springer" (in en). https://link.springer.com/journal/10585.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Volker., Schirrmacher (1989). Cancer Metastasis : Molecular and Cellular Biology, Host Immune Responses and Perspective for Treatment. Schwartz-Albiez, R. (Reinhard). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. VI. ISBN 9783642742361. OCLC 851768151.
5. ↑ Schirrmacher, Volker; Schwartz-Albiez, Reinhard, eds (1989) (in en-gb). Cancer Metastasis. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-74236-1. ISBN 978-3-540-50471-9.

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