American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2016

Many members of the LCR department had the opportunity to present talks and posters at this year’s ASH Annual Meeting in San Diego. These included:

• Fong Chun Chan gave two talks:
  • “A Novel Prognostic Model Based on Tumor Microenvironment Biology in Relapse Biopsies Predicts Post-Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Outcomes in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma”
  • “Divergent Modes of Tumor Evolution Underlie Histological Transformation and Early Progression of Follicular Lymphoma”
• Dr. Daisuke Ennishi gave a talk on alteration of the PI3K-AKT pathway in DLBCL: “Frequent Genetic Alterations of PI3K-AKT Pathway and Their Clinical Significance in Germinal Center B-Cell-like Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma”
• Dr. Robert Kridel’s poster discussed transformation-related mutations in FL: “Targeted Sequencing Reveals Novel Gene Mutations Associated with Transformation and Early Progression in Follicular Lymphoma”
• Dr. Olga Kutovaya presented a poster about UBR5 mutations in MCL: “The Role of UBR5 Mutations in the Pathogenesis of Mantle Cell Lymphoma”
• Dr. Anja Mottok presented a poster describing rearrangements of CIITA and SOCS1 in lymphomas: “Characterization of Genomic Rearrangements Involving CIITA and SOCS1 Using Targeted Capture Sequencing of Archival Tissue Specimens”
• Dr. Katsuyoshi Takata presented a poster on TRA-1-60-positive cells in FL: “Identification of TRA-1-60-Positive Cells As a Potent Refractory Population in Follicular Lymphomas”