PROFFERED PAPERS
Tuesday, February 14   —  1:00 PM   —  Regency VI


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Section E - PULMONARY PATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Teri J. Franks and Anthony A. Gal



1:00 Over-expression of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen (SCCA) in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (1416)
C Giacometti, F Calabrese, G Marulli, M Loy, F Rea, C Agostini, M Saetta, M Valente - University of Padua, Padua, Italy
1:15 Differential Epithelial Expression Of Sonic Hedge Hog And Foxfl1 In Interstial Pneumonias (1425)
D Coon, D Roberts, R Kradin - UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1:30 The Dilemma Of "Asbestosis" Or Lung Fibrosis - A Case-Referent Necropsy Study Of 188 Asbestos Exposed Naval Dockyard Workers And 175 Uk Non-Exposed "Control" Subjects (1405)
RL Attanoos, AR Gibbs, B Corrin - Llandough Hospital, Penarth, South Wales, United Kingdom; Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
1:45 Sarcomatoid Malignant Mesothelioma: Immunohistochemical Characteristics of 24 Cases (1422)
LR Chirieac, GS Pinkus, JL Pinkus, JM Corson - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
2:00 Malignant Mesothelioma (MM) Represents A Single Epidemiologic-Pathologic Population Despite Its Histologic Variants (1481)
N Stern, AM Schwartz, DE Henson - George Washington University, Washington, DC
2:15 Long And Short Time Survivors Of Malignant Epitheloid Mesothelioma: A Genetic And Immunohistochemical Study (1470)
HH Popper, I Halbwedl, P Morbini, PT Cagle, B Murer, CE Comin, F Galateau-Salle, H Zeren, S Funda, R Attanoos, A Gibbs - Medical University, Graz, Austria; IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italy; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; Ospedale Umberto I ASL 12 Veneziana, Mestre-Venezia, Italy; University of Florence, Florence, Italy; CHU Cote de Nacre, Caen, France; Adana University, Adana, Turkey; Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust Llandough Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
2:30 XIAP Immunostaining Distinguishes Malignant Mesothelioma From Benign Mesothelial Hyperplasia (1483)
YX Sun, M Wu, GT Desman, L Gan, J Gil, DE Burstein - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
2:45 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION IV
4:00 BUSINESS MEETING - Centennial Ballroom II - IV
4:40 AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Stowell-Orbison, Autopsy, Surgical Pathology, Castleman and Vogel Awards
Distinguished Pathologist Award - Harvey Goldman
F.K. Mostofi Distinguished Service Award - Richard J. Zarbo
President's Award - USCAP Staff
Young Investigator Award - Kojo S. J. Elenitoba-Johnson
5:10 MAUDE ABBOTT LECTURE - Anna-Luise Katzenstein
Changing Concepts and New Ideas in Pulmonary Pathology
6:00 WINE and CHEESE RECEPTION - Regency VI & VII Rooms
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