Session 892: Genetic predisposition

Date: 2 February 2004, Time: 11:30 - 13:30
Location: Room 2

Oral Presentations

Time	Number	Title / Authors / Affiliations
11:30	186	Role of GDNF family receptors in development and MEN2 cancer syndromes M Saarma Program in Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
11:50	187	Novel and recurring hMLH1 and hMSH2 mutations in Singaporean families with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer SC Lee MD^a, JY Guo MSc^a, R Lim MD^a, F Zhao BSc^a, R Soo MD^a, E Koay PhD^b, M Salto-Tellez MD^b, HL Lim MD^a, A Leong MD^c, BC Goh MD^a (a) Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore, (b) Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, Singapore, (c) Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore
12:05	188	Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma in familial adenomatous polyposis: a new extracolonic manifestation. R Valanzano MD^a, MC Curia PhD^b, M Fedi MD^a, G Aceto PhD^b, S Veschi PhD^b, L De Lellis PhD^a, F Tonelli MD^a (a)University of Florence, Italy, *(b)Dipartimento di Oncologia e Neuroscienze – Sezione di Patologia Molecolare- Università “Gabriele D’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
12:20	189	Aggregation of carcinoma of the esophagus and cardia in families living in the Chaoshan littoral region of China M Su MD, DP Tian MD PhD, XY Li MD, RM Zheng, QS Li Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515031, PR China. Corresponding author: Prof. Min Su
12:35	190	Importance of patient selection and testing strategies in the determination of the cost-effectiveness of hereditary cancers: The case of mismatch repair genes LS Wilson PhD^a, CM Reyes PhD^a, BA Allen MS^b, JP Terdiman MD^b ^aDepartment of Pharmacy, ^bDepartment of Medicine; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
12:50	191	Inter-strain variance in late phase of erythematous reaction or leg contracture after local irradiation among three strains of mice. S Noda MD PhD, M Iwakawa MD PhD, M Yang MD, M Iwata MD, C Oohira, T Ohta, M Goto, H Tanaka, Y Harada PhD, T Imai PhD RadGenomics Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences. Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan

Poster Presentations

Number	Title / Authors / Affiliations
142	Immunohistochemical analysis of p27 and p21 proteins in canine mammary tumors M Inoue DVM PhD, H Wu DVM Veterinary Pathology Department, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
143	Classifying the variation in response to ionizing radiation in human cells by gene expression profiling K Ishikawa^a, K Saegusa PhD^a, Y Ohtsuka^a, A Ishikawa^a, K Yasuda^a, A Furuno^a, S Kawai^a, T Kimura^a, Y Michikawa PhD^a, Y Harada PhD^a, M Iwakawa MD PhD^a, M Suzuki PhD^b, T Imai PhD^a ^aRadGenomics Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba, ^bInternational Space Radiation Laboratory, National Institute of Radiological Sciences 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba, Japan
144	The changes of gene expressions in malignant melanoma cells treated by Zanthoxylum piperitum H Yanagie MD PhD, T Hisa MD PhD, T Nishihira MD PhD, MD Osada PhD, Y Furuya MD PhD, H Sugiyama MD PhD, T Sairenji MD PhD, K Tamai MD PhD, M Eriguchi MD PhD Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
145	Glutathione: A novel control switch that regulates the expression of erythropoietin gene under normoxic condition in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells T-Z Liu PhD School of Medical Technology and Graduate Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
146	The potential significance of Lutheran blood group antigen in human urothelial carcinogenesis NH Chow MD^a,e, HM Chang MS^b, TY Chang MS^c, HL Cheng MD^d, TS Tzai MD^d, CL Ho MD PhD^a,e, YC Dai MD^a, HS Liu PhD^b ^aDepartment of Pathology, ^bMicrobiology and Immunology, ^cParasitology, ^dUrology, ^eCollege of Medicine; Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
147	Potential role of herg1 gene and HERG1 protein in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract E Lastraioli BSC^a, L Guasti BSC^a, O Crociani PhD^a, S Polvani PhD^a, G Hofmann PhD^a, M Paglierani BSC^b, M Calistri MD^c, A Taddei MD^d, MD Giani^d, L Bencini MD^c, L Messerini MD^b, H Witchel PhD^e, M Scatizzi MD^c, R Moretti MD^c, P Bechi MD^d, E Wanke BSC^f, GL Taddei MD^b, M Olivotto MD^a, G Mugnai MD^a, A Arcangeli MD PhD^a ^aDepartment of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, ^bDepartment of Human Pathology and Oncology, ^dSurgical Pathology I; University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ^cFirst Division of General Surgery and Transplantation, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ^eDepartment of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ^fDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
148	Marker development for the early detection of pancreatic cancer KL Pogue-Geile PhD^a, RD George^a, JA Mackey^a, KKW Lee^b, AJ Moser^b, D Crispin^c, T Brentnall^c, DC Whitcomb^a (a) Department of Medicine, (b) Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA; (c) Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA; USA.
149	Increasing BP1 expression correlates with progression and invasion of male breast and prostate tumors YG Man MD PhD, BL Strauss MD PhD, PE Berg PhD Department of Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
150	HDAC6 mRNA expression is correlated with better prognosis in breast cancer H Iwase MD PhD^a, H Yamashita MD PhD^a, T Toyama MD PhD^a, H Sugiura MD^a, Z Zhang MD^a, S Hayashi PhD^b ^aNagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, ^bDivision of Endocrinology, Saitama Cancer Center Research Institute, Saitama, Japan
151	Identification of risk markers in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. D Khurana BS^a, J Qiu MS MD^b, P Gunaratne PhD^a, JF Margolin MD^b, MC Gingras PhD^b ^aDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Houston, Texas, United States, ^bDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
152	FLT3/ITD and ras-oncogene in acute myeloid leukaemia analyzed in ration to immunophenotype and cytogenetic findings M Colovic^a, P Bunjevacki^b,c, N Colovic^a, MD Jurisic^d ^aSchool of Medicine, Institute of Haematology, University of Belgrade, Belgrad, Yugoslavia, ^bSchool of Medicine, Institute of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrad, Yugoslavia, ^cInstitute of Genetic Engineering, Belgrad, Yugoslavia, ^dSchool of Medicine University of Kragujevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia
153	Zanthoxylum piperitum effects on melanocyte -microarray analysis- T Hisa MD PhD, H Yanagie MD PhD, T Nishihira MD PhD, MD Osada PhD, Y Furuya MD PhD, H Sugiyama MD PhD, T Sairenji MD PhD, K Tamai MD PhD, M Eriguchi MD PhD Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
165	Association between XRCC1 polymorphismus and head and neck cancer, and thyroid cancer A Tibold MD^a, MD Kiss PhD^a, MD Ember PhD DSc^a, A Csejtey MD^b, Z Faluhelyi MD^c (a)Dept. of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pécs University of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary, (b)Jósa András Hospital Nyíregyháza, Hungary, (c)Regional Hospital of Baranya Pécs, Hungary
166	NAT2 gene polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to bladder cancer in Slovak population dependently on smoking L Klimčáková MD^a, MD Habalová^a, J Šalagovič MD^a, K Harčová MD^a, Prof Kalina^a, M Hrivňák MD^b, M Iláš MD^b ^aDepartment of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University, Slovakia, Slovakia, ^bDepartment of Urology, University Hospital, Košice, Slovakia
167	Mycobacterium leprae multiplied well in IL-10 intense host Y Yogi PhD Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. 4-2-1, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan