PROFFERED PAPERS
Tuesday, February 14   —  1:00 PM   —  International South


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Section G - DERMATOPATHOLOGY
Chaired by: Victor G. Prieto and Alexander J.F. Lazar



1:00 Histologic Quantification Of Tumor Size In Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases Correlates with Prognosis in Patients With Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma (391)
VG Prieto, AH Diwan, AFJ Lazar, MM Johnson, C Shacherer, JE Gershenwald - UT - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
1:15 Pathology-driven Immediate Lymphadenectomy for Primary Melanoma: Impact on Staging, Prognostication and Outcome. (350)
AJ Cochran, DL Morton, J Thompson, MSLT1 Trialists - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; JWCI, Santa Monica, CA; Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1:30 Is Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Indicated In Patients With Desmoplastic Melanoma? A Clinical And Histopathological Evaluation Of Pure And Combined Subtypes. (388)
R Patel, DR Murray, GW Carlson, DC Parker - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
1:45 Expression of Cancer Testis (CT) Antigen NY-ESO-1 in Primary and Metastatic Malignant Melanoma (MM), Correlation with Prognostic Factors and Potential Role in a Melanoma Vaccine. (400)
EF Velazquez, AA Jungbluth, I Osman, M Yancovitz, S Adams, D O'Neill, K Zavilevich, T Albukh, A Pavlick, D Polsky, R Shapiro, R Berman, J Spira, K Busam, N Bhardwaj - NYU School of Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2:00 Different Immunologic Microenvironments in Halo Nevi and Melanomas (374)
W Liu, P Yu, M Tretiakova, T Mentzel, S Hui, CR Shea, V Rosic, Y-X Fu, T Krausz - University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL; Siemensstrasse, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2:15 Use Of p63 Expression In Distinguishing Primary And Metastatic Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms From Metastatic Adenocarcinomas To Skin (366)
D Ivan, JW Nash, VG Prieto, AH Diwan, E Calonje, S Lyle, AJF Lazar - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; St John's Institute of Dermatology, London, United Kingdom; U of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
2:30 Adnexal Clear Cell Carcinoma With Comedonecrosis: Clinicopathological Analysis Of 12 Cases. (343)
IH Chaudhry, A Zembowicz - Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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
Sponsored by Quest Diagnostics