The novel hepatitis C virus (HCV) alternate reading frame proteins (ARFPs) are over-expressed in patients with HCV cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) M. SchwartzJ. L. WalewskiA. D. Branch Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S50 - S50
The polo-like kinase sak phosphorylates p53 and is haploinsufficient for hepatocellular carcinogenesis M. A. KoJ. HudsonC. Swallow Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S50 - S50
Estrogen receptor negative breast cancers express estrogen receptor mRNA C. McMahonA. AlkarainJ. Slingerland Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S50 - S50
Outer breast quadrants demonstrate increased patterns of DNA genomic instability D. L. EllsworthR. E. EllsworthC. Shriver Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S50 - S51
A comparison of three tumor markers (MIA, TA90IC, S100B) in stage III melanoma patients M. B. FariesR. K. GuptaD. L. Morton Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S51 - S51
Cox-2 overexpression increases motility and invasion of breast cancer cells A. LucciB. SinghV. Ramakrishnan Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S51 - S51
RNAi modulation of p12DOC-1 expression in human colorectal cancer T. Sotsky-KentZ. YuanT. Weber Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S51 - S51
The estrogen receptor (ER) as a novel target for therapeutics in breast cancer cell refractory to antihormone therapy S. LimB. AmundsenV. C. Jordan Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S52 - S52
Randomized clinical trial of long-term outcome after curative resection of pancreatic head cancer by post-operative intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy S. NakamoriA. MiyamotoM. Monden Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S52 - S52
Treatment-related upper-limb morbidity one year after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for stage I or II breast cancer J. S. RietmanP. U. DijkstraH. J. Hoekstra Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S52 - S52
Proteomic serum analysis of differentially expressed proteins in early stage melanoma patients using SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry L. WilsonD. L. MortonD. Hoon Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S53 - S53
Resection of progressive or residual tumor after treatment with imatinib for advanced GI stromal tumors P. HohenbergerU. SchneiderP. Reichardt Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S53 - S53
Clinical impact of FDG-PET on the management of esophageal cancer C. P. DuongH. DemitriouR. J. Hicks Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S53 - S54
Molecular profiling predicts colon cancer survival better than dukes staging I. YangS. EschrichT. J. Yeatman Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S54 - S54
Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion with TNF and Melphalan for primarily irresectable soft tissue sarcoma; three time periods at risk for amputation R. Van GinkelK. ThijssensH. Hoekstra Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S54 - S54
Effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on operative mortality and morbidity for pancreaticoduodenectomy T. Y. ChengR. WhiteD. S. Tyler Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S54 - S55
Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer does not confer a survival advantage C. R. SchmidtJ. L. TarpleyN. B. Merchant Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S55 - S55
Intraperitoneal gemcitabine therapy for advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas T. C. GamblinM. J. EgorinD. L. Bartlett Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S55 - S55
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: Importance of accurate histologic evaluation C. P. RautK. R. ClearyD. B. Evans Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S55 - S55
In vivo expression of an adenoviral vector encoding soluble tie2 inhibits metastatic hepatic tumor growth S. Sarraf-YazdiJ. MiB. Clary Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S56 - S56
Effecy of isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) in patients with progressive unresectable colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases (LM) after irinotecan (CPT-11) R. AlexanderS. LibuttiT. Beresneva Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S56 - S56
Palliative Gastrectomy improves survival in metastatic gastric cancer R. F. SaidiN. N. HannaP. S. Dudrick Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S56 - S56
Institutional Commitment to Rectal cancer screening results in earlier stage cancer on diagnosis A. C. BattatR. V. RouseS. M. Wren Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S56 - S57
Breast cancer patients with pN0(i+) sentinel nodes are NOT node negative T. MehesP. I. TartlerS. Rosenbaum Smith Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S57 - S57
Beyond the clinical trials: How prevalent are sentinel lymph node biopsies performed for breast cancer M. A. MaggardK. E. LaneC. Y. Ko Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S57 - S57
Breast cancer: Presentation and intervention in women with gastrointestinal metastasis and carcinomatosis E. C. McLemoreB. A. PockajJ. H. Donohue Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S57 - S58
Incidence and clinical significance of lymph node metastasis detected by imuno-histochemical stain in DCIS M. B. El-TamerJ. ChunM. Mansukhani Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S58 - S58
Axillary recurrence following sentinel node biopsy J. S. JerussD. J. WinchesterD. P. Winchester Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S58 - S58
Ductal lavage (DL) findings in women with mammographic microcalcifications undergoing biopsy S. A. KhanJ. A. WolfmanM. Morrow Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S58 - S59
High provider volume is associated with better outcomes for breast cancer surgery: analysis of 234,254 patients U. GullerS. SaffordN. Jain Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S59 - S59
Proteomic analysis of BRCA-1 breast cancer, BRCA-1 carriers and sporadic breast cancer S. BeckerL. CazaresC. Laronga Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S59 - S59
Isolated limb perfusion for unresectable melanoma of the limbs E. M. NoordaB. C. VrouenraetsB. B. Kroon Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S59 - S59
Specific active immunotherapy for primary melanoma: Experience with 5399 Patients R. WhiteP. MoscaH. F. Seigler Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S59 - S60
Detection of melanoma lymph node metastases by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of fine-needle aspirates J. StretchR. SomorjaiC. Lean Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S60 - S60
Outcome in 846 cutaneous melanoma patients from a single center after negative sentinel node biopsy V. S. KaJ. F. ThompsonR. Uren Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S60 - S60
Desmoplastic melanoma: A pathologically and clinically distinct form of cutaneous melanoma B W. G. HawkinsK. J. BusamM. S. Brady Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S61 - S61
Predictors and natural history of in-transit melanoma after sentinel lymphadenectomy T. M. PawlikM. I. RossJ. E. Gershenwald Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S61 - S61
Multivariate prognostic model for patients with thick cutaneous melanoma: Results of a large multi-institutional study S. C. MontgomeryK. S. PanageasD. G. Cott Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S61 - S62
Mitotic rate as a predictor for sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas S. B. KesmodelG. C. KarakousisF. R. Spitz Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S62 - S62
Is parathyroid carcinoma a lethal disease K. P. KleinpeterN. D. PerrierJ. F. Lovato Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S62 - S62
AMES risk classification and extent of thyroidectomy for well-differentiated thyroid cancer in the united states P. HaighD. UrbachL. Rotstein Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S62 - S62
Thyroid cancer: Is the incidence still increasing N. HodgsonB. Wohler-TorresC. Solarzano Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S62 - S63
Gland size is associated with changes in gene expression profiles in sporadic parathyroid adenomas J. E. RosenN. G. CostourosS. K. Libutti Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S63 - S63
Clinical prognostic factors and outcomes for the surgical treatment of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck V. M. BondarJ. D. EllenhornI. B. Paz Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S63 - S63
Paranasal sinus and nasal fossae carcinoma. Prognostic factors J. F. CarrilloA. Guemes-MezaL. F. Onate-Ocana Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S63 - S63
Tissue eosinophilia: A valuable marker in assessing stromal invasion, locoregional recurrence & distant metastasis in head & neck squamous cell carcinomas S. J. AlrawiD. TanN. Rigual Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S63 - S64
Electrical impedance scanning of thyroid nodules prior to thyroid surgery: A prospective study A. StojadinovicS. I. FieldsA. Nissan Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S64 - S64
Inhibition of HIF-1α reduces tumor growth and angiogenesis of human gastric cancer O. StoeltzingM. F. McCartyL. M. Ellis Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S64 - S64
Emploving hepatoma hypoxia to augment herpes oncolytic therapy R. H. PinM. ReinblattY. Fong Abstracts Accepted for Plenary and Parallel Sessions Pages: S64 - S64