# Andreas Trumpp

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## TL;DR

Andreas Trumpp is a stem cell biologist studying how dormant cancer cells seed metastases and resist therapy.

## Summary

Andreas Trumpp is Head of Stem Cells and Cancer at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Managing Director of HI-STEM in Heidelberg. A stem cell biologist, his specialisms are cancer stem cells, metastasis and circulating tumour cells. His group identified metastasis-initiating cells among the circulating tumour cells of breast cancer patients, reported in Nature Biotechnology as a population able to seed metastases in a xenograft assay. He studies how dormant cancer cells seed metastases and resist therapy, alongside dormancy in haematopoietic and leukaemic stem cells. His publications are listed on PubMed.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Head of Stem Cells and Cancer, DKFZ; Managing Director, HI-STEM
- Specialisms: Cancer stem cells; Metastasis; Circulating tumour cells

## Sources

- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Trumpp%20A%5BAuthor%5D%20metastasis%20stem%20cells

## Connected records

- institutions: [German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)](https://onco.cc/institutions/dkfz/)
- pathways: [Epithelial-mesenchymal transition & drug efflux](https://onco.cc/pathways/emt/)
- terms: [Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA)](https://onco.cc/terms/ctdna/)
- journals: [Nature Biotechnology](https://onco.cc/journals/nature-biotechnology/)

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