Anti-metastatic drug development, overview and perspectives

Introduction: Neoplasm metastasis is a multiple-step and multi-component involved pathogenesis causing large human mortality and socioeconomic burden. Currently, anti-metastatic drugs are the widest therapeutic targets for clinical cancer trials. The most effective drugs are yet to be developed. Methods: Anti-metastatic drugs are evaluated by a great variety of tumor models and cutting-edge biotechnology. Anti-metastatic drug evaluation and development is still a pharmaceutical challenge worldwide. Many technical deficit and knowledge limitation has been overcoming decade by decade. Discussion: Different aspects of chemical, pathologic, pharmacological and pharmaceutical knowledge breakthroughs for neoplasm metastasis evaluation are discussed. Better knowledge for the complexity of metastasis pathology is essential for therapeutic moving forward. Conclusion: A great therapeutic responses and benefits can be expected after aforementioned biomedical study, technical progression and drug development.