PROFFERED PAPERS
Monday, March 24   —  1:00 PM   —  Maryland Suite


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Section H - LIVER & PANCREAS PATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Michael Torbenson and Elizabeth Brunt



1:00 Identification of Novel Tumor Markers in Biliary Carcinomas Using Tissue Microarrays (1304)
SL Swierczynski, A Maitra, SC Abraham, CA Iacobuzio-Donahue, R Ashfaq, RD Schulick, A Rahman, CJ Yeo, RH Hruban, P Argani
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
1:15 Survivin Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Correlation with Proliferation and Prognosis (1243)
AC Fields, G Cotsonis, D Sexton, C Cohen
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1:30 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Is over Expressed in 27% of Hepatocellular Carcinomas, but Is Not Associated with ERK1/2 or STAT-3 Activation (1299)
F Sahin, R Ashfaq, J Boitnott, GH Su, M Torbenson
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
1:45 Aberrant Promoter Methylation Profile of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (1314)
B Yang, M Guo, JG Herman, DP Clark
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
2:00 Influence of Age on Hepatocellular Carcinoma (1282)
M Mino, H Varnholt, A Muzikansky, B Terris, KP Batts, H Yamabe, JF Flejou, K Cleary, JN Vauthey, GY Lauwers
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Hopital Beaujon, Paris, France; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2:15 Histologic Changes Mimicking Biliary Disease in Liver Biopsy with Venous Outflow Obstruction (1266)
S Kakar, LJ Burgart
UCSF and VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2:30 Antibody Mediated Rejection of Liver Allografts: Utility of C4d Immunostains in Diagnosis (1235)
R Anders, M Tretiakova, C Gong, J Hart
University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
2:45 Leptin as a Marker of Liver Fibrosis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) (1292)
LM Petrovic, LM Alba, KD Lindor, JA Talwakar, P Angulo
Weill Medical College Cornell University, New York, NY; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
3:00 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION II
4:30 NATHAN KAUFMAN TIMELY TOPICS LECTURE
Dr. Irving L. Weissman
Stem Cell Biology: Past, Present and Future
Marriott Ballroom