PROFFERED PAPERS
Monday, March 24   —  8:00 AM   —  Maryland Suite


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Section H1 - HEAD & NECK PATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Jacqueline Wieneke and William Westra



8:00 Human Papillomavirus in Head and Neck Cancers (1015)
KF Summersgill, EM Smith, JM Ritchie, TH Haugen, LP Turek
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Iowa and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
8:15 Hybrid Conventional and Sarcomatoid Squamous Carcinoma of Head and Neck: Molecular Evidence for Monoclonality and Progression (1018)
Q Zhai, HR Choi, E Sturgis, MA Luna, JG Batsakis, AK El-Naggar
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
8:30 Definition of a Region of Loss of Heterozygosity(LOH) at Chromosome 11q23.3-25 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Laser Capture Microdissection Technique (1016)
D-F Tan, S Wiseman, Q Li, HK Slocum, JJ Brooks, T Loree, W Hicks, N Rigual
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
8:45 Differential Expression Profiling of Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma (HNSC): Significance in Their Phenotypic and Biological Classification (996)
AK El-Naggar, HW Kim, GL Clayman, MM Coombes, B Le, S Lai, F Zhan, MA Luna, WK Hong, JJ Lee
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9:00 Assessment of p63 as a Myoepithelial Marker Using Salivary Gland Pleomorphic Adenoma (1014)
A Savera, R Zarbo, H Yaziji, T Barry, A Gown
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Phenopath Laboratories, Seattle, WA
9:15 Overexpression of Nitric Oxide Synthases, Cell Cycle and Apoptosis-Related Proteins in Premalignant Lesions and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity (999)
SE Fischer, S Nonogaki, LP Kowalski, FA Soares
Medical & Research Center Hospital do Cancer A.C.Camargo, Sao Paulo & Ludwig Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9:30 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION I