PPS Announces Winners of 2012 Best Trainee Presentations - Vancouver, B.C. USCAP 2012
1st place: Selection of Samples for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutation Analysis in Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. Carolyn J Shiau, Jesse Babwah, Gilda da Cunha Santos, Scott L Boerner, William R Geddie, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Cuihong Wei, David M Hwang, Ming S Tsao. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
2nd place: Adenocarcinoma In Situ, Minimally Invasive Adenocarcinoma and Invasive Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma – Evaluation of Interobserver Agreement in 294 Nodules with Survival Analysis. Jennifer M Boland, Jason A Wampfler, Ping Yang, Marie Christine Aubry, Mariza de Andrade, Eunhee S Yi. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2nd place: Molecular Versus Histopathologic Staging of Lung Adenocarcinoma with Multiple Tumor Nodules. Nike T Beaubier, Mahesh M Mansukhani, Alain C Borczuk. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
3rd place: Loss of PTEN Expression and Gene Copy Number in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. Charles Leduc, Naoki Yanagawa, Mauro Saieg, Maisa Yoshimoto, Thomas John, Jenna Sykes, Melania Pintillie, Gilda da Cunha Santos, Jeremy Squire, Ming-Sound Tsao. Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
3rd place: Gene Expression Profiling of Lung Neuroendocrine (NE) Tumors Reveals Gene Clusters Correlated with Central Versus Peripheral Location for Carcinoids. Hangjun Wang, Mee Sook Roh, Ronglai Shen, Junting Zheng, Gabriel Sica, Cameron Stock, Inderpal Sarkaria, Maria Pietanza, Natasha Rekhtman, Akira Iyoda, Valerie Rusch, William Travis. MSKCC, New York; Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea; Emory University, Georgia; Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
