COMPANION MEETING

SOCIETY FOR ULTRASTRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY




  Sunday, March 23 — 8:30 AM — Virginia Suite  

  • The GIST of GISTs (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors): Perceptions from Various Angles
  Moderator: Guillermo A. Herrera, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA

Click on each title below to display the handout for that lecture:
8:30  Historical Perspective: A Journey Through Evolution of Classification Schemes - Guillermo A. Herrera, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
9:15  GISTs/Interstitial Cells of Cajal: How do they fit together? Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Correlates - Brian Eyden, Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
10:00  Recess
10:30  The Molecular Story: Not all GISTs are created equal. Are there possible therapeutic implications associated with molecular heterogenicity? - Mary Lowery-Nordberg, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
11:15  Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Parameters that Determine Biologic Potential and Guide Therapy from a Surgical Pathologist's Point of View - Markku Miettinen, Armed Forces Institute Of Pathology, Washington, Dc