POSTER SESSION IV Tuesday, March 9, 2004   —  1:00 - 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall B and C PULMONARY PATHOLOGY 170 Sarcomatous Neoplasms of the Thorax: Morphologic and Immunohistochemical Study of 62 Cases (1399) M Amirkachi, AH Cermik, AC Laga, TC Allen, D Killen, G Ayala, R Barrios, A Haque, DS Zander, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 171 Aberrant Nuclear/Cytoplasmic Localization and Gene Mutation of b-Catenin in Classic Pulmonary Blastoma (CPB): Immunostaining for b-Catenin Is Useful for Distinguishing between CPB and Blastomatoid Carcinosarcoma (BCS) (1441) Y Nakatani, Y Miyagi, T Takemura, T Oka, M Takagi, S Yokoyama, K Hara, T Yamada, A Nozawa, Y Inayama, H Kitamura, O Matsubara, M Resl, S-H Cho, MN Koss, EJ Mark - Yokohama City University and Kanagawa Prefectural Cancer Center, Yokohama; Japanese Red Cross Medical Center and Kanto Central Hospital, Tokyo; St. Marianna University, Kawasaki; Oita Medical Univeristy, Oita; Aichi Medical University, Aichi; Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu; National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan; and Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 172 Preservation of Immunoreactivy for MIB-1 Aids in the Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Small Cell Carcinoma and Carcinoid Tumor in Specimens with Extensive Crush Artifacts (1403) DL Aslan, HE Gulbahce, SE Pambuccian, JC Manivel, J Jessurun - Fairview Universtiy Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 173 TTF-1 Expression in the Spectrum of Neuroendocrine Tumors from the Lungs and Gastrointestinal Carcinoids (1449) E Selbs, WS Chou, SL Abbondanzo, LH Sobin, TJ Franks, WD Travis - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 174 Estrogen Receptor Beta (ERb) Expression in Airway Mucosa Adjacent to Lung Cancers (1398) TC Allen, AC Laga, AH Cermik, R Barrios, A Haque, DS Zander, C Castro, D Killen, M Younes, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 175 Characterizing Alpha-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase Expression in Neoplastic and Proliferative Lesions in the Lung (1455) L Tsao, CA Powell, AC Borczuk, M Mansukhani - Columbia University, New York, NY 176 Increased Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP-70) May Result in Poorer Prognosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Study of 194 Cases (1407) MB Beasley, AC Laga, TC Allen, AH Cermik, R Barrios, N Singhal, DS Zander, A Haque, PT Cagle - Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Univ. of Texas Med Ctr at Houston, Houston, TX; Univ of Texas Med Ctr at Galveston, Galveston, TX 177 Caspase-3 Expression Correlates with Poorer Prognosis in Primary Resected Small Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the Lung (1453) N Singhal, AC Laga, TC Allen, R Barrios, DS Zander, A Haque, G Ayala, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, TX 178 Prognostic Significance of Cyclo-Oxygenase-2 (COX-2) Expression in 265 Cases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (1430) AC Laga, R Barrios, TC Allen, N Singhal, D Killen, AH Cermik, A Haque, DS Zander, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, TX 179 Increased MUC-1 Expression Predicts Poor Prognosis in Stage I and II Adenocarcinoma: Investigation of 188 Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas (NSCLC) (1406) R Barrios, A Khoor, AC Laga, TC Allen, AH Cermik, G Ayala, A Haque, DS Zander, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 180 Protein Expression Profiles in Adenocarcinomas and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung Generated by Means of Tissue Microarrays (1456) R Ullmann, P Morbini, I Halbwedl, M Bongiovanni, M Gogg-Kammerer, HH Popper - University of Graz, Graz, Austria; University of Padua, Padua, Italy; University of Torino, Torino, Italy 181 Characterization of Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer Progression (1414) KC Cleveland, JC LeRiche, C MacAulay, S Lam, WL Lam - British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 182 Coordinate Down-Regulation of Upstream Stimulatory Factor and the Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (1426) NH Khattar, SM Lele, CS Kaetzel - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 183 Increased Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases 1, 2, 7 and 9 and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases 1 and 2 in Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma (1440) A Mtez-PeZuela, A Panizo, MD Lozano, JJ Sola, MA Idoate, JM Mtez-PeZuela, J Pardo - University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 184 Angiogenesis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Analysis of the Microvessel Density (MVD) with Endoglin (CD105) and CD34; and Correlation with VEGF and Flk-1 Expression (1401) FI Aranda, H Perez-Berenguer, M Niveiro, G Peiro, FM Peiro, S Romero - Hospital General Universitari, Alacant, Spain 185 Expression of Wnt Proteins in Lung Cancer (1424) PM Kaan, JC Cutz, C MacAulay, S Lam, WL Lam - British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, BCCA, Vancouver, BC, Canada 186 Prevalence of FISH-Detected Gains at 3q26 in Squamous Cell Lesions of the Lung (1444) G Pelosi, B Del Curto, P Dell'Orto, AG Nicholson, G Veronesi, L Spaggiari, G Viale - University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan, Italy; Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy 187 Expression of Cancer Testis (CT) Antigens MAGE, NY-ESO-1, CT7 and GAGE in Lung Cancer (1423) AA Jungbluth, E Sato, D Kolb, SK Eastlake-Wade, DB Flieder, LJ Old, YT Chen, NK Altorki - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY; New York-Presbyterian Hospital & Weill Medical College, New York, NY 188 FEZ1/LZTS1 Alterations in Lung Carcinomas (1442) D Nonaka, WG Moore, L Tavecchio, A Fabbri, CM Croce, G Sozzi - National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy; Baltimore VA Maryland Health Care System, University of Maryland Medical System and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; Kimmel Cancer Center-Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 189 Oncofetal Fibronectin in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (1415) J Cuartero, ZA Khan, YP Barbin, S Chakrabarti - University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 190 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Related Peptide (ERRP) Expression Reveals Distinct Patterns in Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Normal Lung and a Direct Relation to Cell Differentiation in SqCC (1433) F Lonardo, HI Pass, O Kucuk, A Majumdar - Harper University Hospital; Karmanos Cancer Institute; Wayne State University School of Medicine; Veterans Administration Hospital, Detroit, MI 191 EGFR and HER2 Gene Amplification and Polysomy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) (1437) A Marquez, R Wu, J Zhao, J Tao, Z Shi - R&D, Zymed Laboratories, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 192 Expression of the Neutral Amino Acid Transporter ASCT2 in 247 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC) (1451) Y Shen, AC Laga, M Younes, TC Allen, AH Cermik, N Singhal, R Barrios, A Haque, DS Zander, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX