PROFFERED PAPERS
Tuesday, March 1   —  1:00 PM   —  Convention Center Room 007 A-D


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Section D - GASTROINTESTINAL
Chaired by: Harvey Goldman and Marie E. Robert



1:00 The Mucin Core Polypeptide Expression Pattern of Fetal Cardiac-Type Mucosa Supports the Contention That Adult Cardiac Mucosa Has a Congenital Origin (458)
G De Hertogh, P Van Eyken, N Ectors, K Geboes - KUL, Leuven, Belgium
1:15 Mutational Analysis of Neosquamous Epithelium in Barrett's Esophagus Suggests Heterogenous Cells of Origin in Most Cases (525)
TG Paulson, J Hornick, L Xu, C Sanchez, PL Blount, K Ayub, BJ Reid, RD Odze - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
1:30 Interobserver Agreement in the Evaluation of Pre-Resection Biopsies with at Least High Grade Dysplasia (HGD) in 163 Barrett's Esophagus (BE) Patients (509)
JE Mendelin, AE Bennett, E Castilla, WH Henricks, L Schoenfield, M Skacel, LM Yerian, TW Rice, LA Rybicki, MP Bronner, JR Goldblum - The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
1:45 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR): An Improved Diagnostic Procedure for Early Esophago-Gastric Epithelial Neoplasms (484)
MJ Hull, M Mino, A Sepehr, S Ban, M Shimizu, GY Lauwers - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan
2:00 CDC2/CDK1 Expression in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Precursor Lesions Serves as a Diagnostic and Cancer Progression Marker and Potential Novel Drug Target (478)
D Hansel, S Dhara, R Huang, M Deasel, R Ashfaq, Y Shimada, H Bernstein, J Harmon, M Brock, A Forestiere, K Washington, A Maitra, E Montgomery - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; University of Texas Southwestern; Kyoto University, Japan; University of California, San Francisco; Vanderbilt University
2:15 Identification of Novel Cellular Targets in the Progression Model of Gastric Adenocarcinoma (514)
E Montgomery, S Cunningham, R Schulick, C Yeo, R Haque, S Hammoud, S Hustinx, M Kim, C Iacobuzio-Donahue, R Ashfaq, F Kamangar, A Maitra - Johns Hopkins Hospital
2:30 Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer: Genetics, Pathology, and Management (485)
DG Huntsman, FM Ruggiero, MP Upton, T Longacre, J Senz, S Yew, G Suriano, K Stavely-O'Carroll, MJ Baker, TJ McGarrity, D Luff, B Oelschlager, JM Ford - British Columbia Cancer Agency and UBC; MS Hershey Medical Centre, PA; University of Washington; Stanford University School of Medicine
2:45 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION IV
4:00 BUSINESS MEETING - Convention Center, Ballroom B
4:35 AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Stowell-Orbison, Autopsy, Surgical Pathology, Castleman and Vogel Awards
Distinguished Pathologist Awards - Bruce Beckwith and Robert Collins
F.K. Mostofi Distinguished Service Award - Ronald A. DeLellis
President's Award - Andrew Huvos
Young Investigator Award - Marc Ladanyi
5:05 MAUDE ABBOTT LECTURE - David L. Page
The Surgical Pathologist and the History of Breast Disease
6:00 WINE and CHEESE RECEPTION - River Center Salons H and I