PROFFERED PAPERS
Monday, March 8,   —  8:00 AM   —  Hall A


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Section D - GENITOURINARY PATHOLOGY
Chaired by: David Grignon and Patricia Troncoso



8:00 Characteristic Immunohistochemical Profiles and Aggressive Behavior of Micropapillary and Other Histological Variants and Subtypes of Urothelial Carcinoma (782)
H Zhang, R Shen, R Ali-Fehmi, F Bianco, C Butler, W Sakr, D Grignon, M Che - Harper University Hospital, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
8:15 How Often Does Alpha-Methylacyl-Coa-Racemase (AMACR) Contribute To Resolving an Atypical Diagnosis on Prostate Needle Biopsy Beyond That Provided by Basal Cell Markers? (786)
M Zhou, H Aydin, H Kahane, JI Epstein - The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Dianon Systems, Stratford, CT
8:30 Utility of Cytokeratin 5/6 and AMACR as a Routine Immunopanel for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer on Needle Core Biopsy (760)
K Trpkov, E Chiu - Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary Laboratory Services and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
8:45 Impact of Extended Prostate Biopsy Scheme on Prediction of Gleason Score in Prostatectomy Specimens (708)
T Nazeer, TA Jennings, S Anwar, JS Ross, B Mian - Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
9:00 Current Practice of Gleason Grading among Genitourinary Pathologists (617)
L Egevad, WC Allsbrook, Jr, JI Epstein - Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
9:15 The Combined Percentage of Gleason 4 and 5 Is the Best Predictor of Cancer Progression after Radical Prostatectomy (603)
L Cheng, MO Koch, J Daggy - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
9:30 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION I
11:00 Molecular Profiling of Renal Medullary Carcinoma (774)
XJ Yang, J Sugimura, MS Tretiakova, M Pins, BT Teh - Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
11:15 The Significance of Extent of Surgical Margin Positivity on Prostate Specific Antigen Recurrence (623)
RE Emerson, MO Koch, J Daggy, L Cheng - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
11:30 Pathologic Findings in Partial Nephrectomy Specimens and Their Clinical Significance (646)
DJ Grignon, TA Bismar, F Bianco, WA Sakr, JE Pontes, M Che - Harper University Hospital, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
11:45 The Heterogeneous Spectrum of Penile Verrucous Carcinoma (VC): Morphological Features of Classical Type and Mixed Variants. A Report of 36 Cases (610)
AL Cubilla, EF Velazquez, A Soskin, R Pfannl, RH Young - Instituto de Patologia e Investigacion, Asuncion, Paraguay; New York University Medical Center, New York, NY; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA