METAvivor funds $1 Million in grants for research into Stage IV breast cancer.

Dr. Josh Neman is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Keck School Medicine of USC and member of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.  His laboratory investigates the tumor microenvironment in primary and metastatic disease. In addition to his research, Dr. Neman is strong proponent of mentorship, bringing others together in partnership, and inspiring them to learn through critical thinking and creativity.

In this informative article Dr. Swierczak explains how chemotherapy works, and the role of macrophages in chemotherapy resistance. Dr. Swierczak conducts metastasis research at the Queens Medical Research Institute Centre for Reproductive Health in Edinburgh.

Cecilia Choy is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree and specializes in HER2+ breast cancer brain metastasis research at City of Hope Cancer Center.

Learn all about circulating tumor cell technology in this article by Dr. Rajeev Samant. Dr. Samant leads a research program focused on understanding and intervening in metastatic breast cancer in the Department of Pathology at University of Alabama Birmingham.