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 - Abstract Text

 - Poster as Presented at the USCAP 2009 Annual Meeting

STOWELL-ORBISON AWARDS:
 |  | Discovery of Molecular Subtypes in Leiomyosarcoma through Integrative Molecular Profiling AH Beck, CH Lee, DM Witten, S Zhou, K Montgomery, R Tibshirani, T Hastie, RB West, M Van de Rijn Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA; Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
 |  | Rb Is Hyperphosphorylated in Most Merkel Cell Carcinomas EM Cham, TA Victor, R Orr, M Morgan, KW Lannert, SM Share, TC Pereira, WB Laskin, CD Sturgis North Shore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; CellNetix, Seattle, WA |
 |  | Tumor Proteomic Profiling Predicts the Resistance of Breast Cancer to Chemotherapy D Shen, J He, DU Cheung, KF Faull, JP Whitelegge, RE Saxton, HR Chang UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA |
 |  | Stem Cell Marker Kit Is an Independent Prognostic Marker for Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors - A Novel Finding Derived from Analysis of Islet Cell Differentiation Markers L Zhang, TC Smyrk, C Lohse, RV Lloyd Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |



STOWELL-ORBISON CERTIFICATES OF MERIT:
 |  | Clusterin, a Follicular Dendritic Cell-Associated Apolipoprotein, Is Expressed in Normal Synoviocytes and in Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumors of Localized and Diffuse Types: Diagnostic and Histogenetic Implications JM Boland, AL Folpe, JL Hornick, KL Grogg Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
 |  | BRD4-NUT Fusion Oncogene Analysis by RT-PCR in Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma and Other Aggressive Primary Sinonasal Malignancies: A Study of 15 Cases JJ Garcia, K Nafa, DL Carlson, EL Barnes, RR Seethala, M Ladanyi University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY |
 |  | Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptor in Normal Breast Tissue and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Nurses' Health Study Y Wang, J Connolly, R Hu, H Baer, G Colditz, S Schnitt, L Collins, R Tamimi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis |
 |  | MicroRNA Expression Profiling Distinguishes Conventional and Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinomas from Normal Renal Parenchyma DL Zynger, WA LaFramboise, JM Krill-Burger, CM Sciulli, AM Hensler, AM Perepletchikov, LP Kiss, R Dhir, G Cai, AV Parwani, SI Bastacky University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |



AUTOPSY PATHOLOGY AWARD:
 |  | The Impact of Placental Examination in the Autopsy of the Structurally Normal Stillborn X Wu, OM Faye-Petersen, JL Steinkampf, TJ Richardson, SD Reilly UAB, Birmingham, AL |



SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AWARD:
 |  | MicroRNA Expression Profiling Distinguishes Conventional and Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinomas from Normal Renal Parenchyma DL Zynger, WA LaFramboise, JM Krill-Burger, CM Sciulli, AM Hensler, AM Perepletchikov, LP Kiss, R Dhir, G Cai, AV Parwani, SI Bastacky University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |




JERRY SMITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOLOGY AWARD
 |  | Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis: 24 Cases Diagnosed on Specimens from Surgical Emergencies M Saravia, V Argueta, R Orozco, L Castillo Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala |



GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY SOCIETY (Two Joint Winners)
 |  | Identification of Histologically Unique Adenomas that Arise Predominately in Patients with CIMP-Associated Polyps RK Pai, A Noffsinger, J Hart Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
 |  | Assessing HER-2/Neu Protein Expression and Gene Alteration Gastric Cancer: Comparing Arrayed Comparative Genomic Hybridization Technique with Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization CD Truong, W Feng, W Li, T Khoury, J Yao, K Xie, D Tan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
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 |  | CD61, CD31 and CD34 Improve Diagnostic Accuracy in Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia and Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy M Westerhoff, A Noffsinger, J Miller, J Hart University of Chicago, Chicago |



HANS POPPER HEPATOPATHOLOGY SOCIETY (Two Joint Winners)
 |  | Perinodular K19 Patterns Are Generic to Advanced Chronic Liver Disease, a Study of 176 Hepatocellular Nodules in Explanted Livers JKM Lennerz, N Vacharajani, WC Chapman, EM Brunt Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis |
 |  | Biomarkers as Predictors of Rapidity of Fibrosis in the Liver Allograft of Hepatitis C Patients Z Meriden, T Pasha, R Wells, R Reddy, G Makar, EE Furth University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |



NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY
Best Platform Presentation
 |  | Kuttner's Tumor Is a IgG4 Associated Disease Julia Turbiner Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Best Poster Presentation
 |  | Identification of Human Papilloma Virus in Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma and its Clinicopathologic Significance Rebecca Chernock Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
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PULMONARY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY
 |  | Pulmonary Smooth Muscle Neoplasms: A Clinicopathologic Study Haresh Mani Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
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PULMONARY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY TRAINEE AWARD (Five Joint Winners)
 |  | A Prognostically Significant Grading System for Lung Adenocarcinoma Justine Barletta Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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 |  | Evaluation of MicroRNA Markers to Predict Outcome in Low Stage Lung Cancer Eric Duncavage Washington University, Saint Louis, MO |
 |  | Pulmonary Smooth Muscle Neoplasms: A Clinicopathologic Study Haresh Mani Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC |
 |  | NTRK2 Expression Predicts Improved Disease Specific Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung Jefferson Terry BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
 |  | Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma and Mesothelioma is Influenced by Ig-Like Transcript 3 Expressing Macrophages Nike Beaubier Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY |



SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY
 |  | Adenosine but Not Diazoxide or Ischemic Preconditioning Significantly Rescues Myocardial Injury in HIF-1alpha Deficient Heart H Zhong, K Fox-Talbot, D Zagzag, G Semenza New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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SOCIETY FOR HEMATOPATHOLOGY
 |  | Genomic Profiling of Plasmablastic Lymphoma Using BAC Array CGH-Revealing Significant Overlapping Genomic Lesions with DLBCL Jesalyn Taylor The Methodist Hospital/TMHRI, Houston, TX
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SOCIETY FOR HEMATOPATHOLOGY ULTRASTRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY (Two Joint Winners)
 |  | Unique Ultrastructural Features in Pheochromocytoma from Patients with Mutations in the Succinate Dehydrogenase B and D Genes JM Osman, SF Fliedner, M Abu-Asab, K Pacak, M Tsokos National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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 |  | The Utility of Ultrastructural Immunolabeling (Immunogold Electron Microscopy) in the Classification of Systemic Amyloidosis JC Lee, PT Soo Hoo, LH Connors, CJ O'Hara Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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