PROFFERED PAPERS
Tuesday, March 1   —  8:00 AM   —  Convention Center Room 207


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Section F - HEAD & NECK
Chaired by: Jean E. Lewis and Mary E. Richardson



8:00 Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Mutations in Head and Neck Cancer (977)
LB Ai, LW Li, P Mukunyadzi, MS Kokoska, JY Suen, M Scott, BR Smoller, CY Fan - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
8:15 Incidence of Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer in Young Americans, 1971-2000 (1004)
S Muller, AC Chi - Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, SC
8:30 Expression of Fascin, Epstein-Barr Virus(LMP-1) and Ki-67 in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (989)
HG Gao, L Chiriboga, GX Tong, H Yee - New York University, New York, NY
8:45 Microsatellite Instability in Lymphoepithelial Carcinomas of the Head and Neck (992)
JL Hunt, M Fichera - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
9:00 Overexpression of Phosphorylated Nuclear Factor-kappaB (p-NF-KB) in Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma and High Grade Dysplasia Is Associated with Poor Prognosis (1021)
PL Zhang, PK Pellitteri, A Law, P Gilroy, GC Wood, TL Kennedy, TM Blasick, M Lun, C Schuerch III, RE Brown - Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
9:15 Overexpression of ICAM-5 (Telencephalin) Gene in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma: Role in Tumorigenesis and Perineural Invasion! (1001)
SI Maruya, JN Myers, RS Weber, DI Rosenthal, R Lotan, AK El-Naggar - UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9:30 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION III
11:00 Salivary Gland Pleomorphic Adenoma: ß-Catenin Immunoexpression Does Not Correlate with PLAG1 Activation Related to t(3;8)(p21;q12) (988)
I Fonseca, R Fonseca, C Martins, J Soares - Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, Lisboa, Portugal
11:15 Non-Random Promoter Methylation of Cancer-Related Genes (RASSF-1, RARbeta-2, DAPK and MGMT) in Salivary Gland Malignancies (1000)
J Mansouri, SI Maruya, MS Kies, JN Myers, RS Weber, JG Batsakis, AK El-Naggar - UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
11:30 Novel Estrogen Receptor Coactivator PELP1/MNAR Gene and ERbeta Expressed in Salivary Duct Adenocarcinoma: Potential Therapeutic Targets (1016)
MD Williams, RK Vadlamudi, AA Sahin, MS Kies, R Kumar, AK El-Naggar - UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
11:45 Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: In Support of the Porto Proposal. A Review of 181 Patients (981)
MS Brandwein-Gensler, B Malkin, A Amarali, L Rolnitzky, D Bergman, J Mechanick, E Genden, M Urken - Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY