Seq #15 Wednesday, 12 March 2003

2:00 PM-4:00 PM Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Room 208, Oral
Oral Cancer and Precancer - Diagnosis and Biomarkers
* Poster files available online
Chairpersons: M.H. THORNHILL and D.A. CHAMBERS
 
0061  2:00 PM Sialyl-Lewis X Expression Enables Oral Cancer Cells to Bind to Endothelium: A Possible Mechanism for Metastasis
M.H. THORNHILL1, M. DABARE2, X. XU2, O. FLOREY3, and D.O. HASKARD3, 1 University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, USA, 2 Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, United Kingdom, 3 Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
0062  2:15 PM The Relationship Between Mucosal COX-2 Expression and Experimental Radiation-induced Mucositis
K.E. O'DONNELL1, R. POPAT1, C. BRAGDON1, S. PHELAN1, D. COCKS1, J.B. EPSTEIN2, and S.T. SONIS3, 1 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, 2 University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 3 Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
0063  2:30 PM Increased Toluidine Blue Uptake in Oral Leukoplakia from Previous Cancer Sites Predicts Increased Risk of Tumor Development
L. ZHANG1, M. WILLIAMS2, D. LARONDE1, J.B. EPSTEIN2, S. DURHAM3, A. HOVAN2, H. NAKAMURA4, C.F. POH1, G. HISLOP2, N. LE2, W.L. LAM5, K. BEREAN3, J. HAY2, and M.P. ROSIN2, 1 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2 British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada, 3 Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre, Canada, 4 Simon Fraser University, Burmaby, Canada, 5 BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
0064  2:45 PM Nicotine Inhibits Cell Migration in Human Gingival Cells via Modulation of the Rac and PAK1/2 Signal Transduction Pathways
Y. FANG, and K.K. SVOBODA, Baylor College of Dentistry - Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Dallas, USA
0065  3:00 PM The Diagnostic Potential of Salivary Bacteria as Indicators of Oral Cancer
D. MAGER1, S.S. SOCRANSKY1, A.D. HAFFAJEE1, F.C. GROPPO2, and J.M. GOODSON1, 1 The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA, USA, 2 Faculty of Dentistry of Piracicaba / UNICAMP-CNPq, Brazil
0066  3:15 PM Stress-associated Regulation of TNF-a in Innate Immunity
G.D. GAIHA, T. BULJ, G. LEE, L.H. GRAF, Jr., and D.A. CHAMBERS, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
0067  3:30 PM T-cell Activation in Oral Lichen Planus Lesions
E. CAJULIS1, P. PROLO1, F. CHIAPPELLI1, H. ROMEO1, G. BERNARD1, R. CHRISTENSEN1, M. CARROZZO2, S. GANDOLFO2, M. FIALA1, and D. CONROTTO2, 1 UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2 University of Turin, Italy
0068  3:45 PM The Role of Clinical, Histological, and Immunofluorescence Techniques in the Diagnosis of Oral Lichen Planus
N. MUSA1, A. AGUIRRE1, W.D. MCCALL, Jr.1, V.J. KUMAR2, and M.E. NEIDERS1, 1 University at Buffalo, NY, USA, 2 IMMCO Diagnostics, West Amherst, NY, USA

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