Stanley P. Leong is the Chief of the Cutaneous Oncology Department at the Melanoma Center of the California Pacific Medical Center and Senior Investigator of the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco, California. He is also Emeritus Professor of Surgery at University of California, San Francisco. He has published several books on Cancer Metastasis with Springer and over 210 peer-reviewed publications. He is the current president of the Sentinel Node Oncology Foundation. Dr. Leong is co-organizer and co-chair of the International Congress on Cancer Metastasis taking place in San Francisco biannually since 2005.

S. David Nathanson is Professor of Surgical Oncology, Wayne State University, and the Chair of Breast Cancer Research at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan. Besides his activities as surgical oncologist, Dr. Nathanson teaches medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, physician assistants and laboratory scientists at his institute, and he is actively involved in translational research into the mechanisms of lymph node metastasis. He is author of numerous research articles and book chapters on metastasis and three books.

Jonathan S. Zager is the Chief Academic Officer at Moffitt Cancer Center and Senior Member and Director of Regional Therapies in the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at Moffitt. Dr. Zager is also the Chair of the Department of Oncologic Sciences and Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Zager has published over 300 peer reviewed articles, invited reviews, and book chapters. He is the editor on three textbooks. Dr. Zager has given over 400 podium presentations, invited talks, keynote lectures, and poster presentations. He is co-organizer and co-chair of the Biannual International Congress on Cancer Metastasis.