Next Meeting

Preprogram Reception from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.,
followed by the Scientific Program from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Both the reception and the academic program will be held in the Sequoia Room on the 2nd floor of the Moseley Salvatori Conference Center (upstairs from the auditorium).

    

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

“Laminin332 in Triple Negative
Breast Carcinoma”

Philip M. Carpenter, MD

Professor of Clinical Pathology
University of California Irvine

To preview the topic of this academic program, you may wish to access Dr. Carpenter’s recent publications in this field, cited below:

 Motility induction in breast carcinoma by mammary epithelial laminin 332 (laminin 5).
 Carpenter PM, Dao AV, Arain ZS, Chang MK, Nguyen HP, Arain S, Wang-Rodriguez J, Kwon SY, Wilczynski SP.
Mol Cancer Res. 2009 Apr;7(4):462-75.

 Laminin 5 expression in metaplastic breast carcinomas.
 Carpenter PM, Wang-Rodriguez J, Chan OT, Wilczynski SP.
Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Mar;32(3):345-53.

Objectives of Program:

  1. Understand the biological effects of laminin 332 on breast cancer cells.
  2. Understand the staining characteristics of laminin 332 in breast cancer.
  3. Understand the basal phenotype and triple negative phenotypes of breast cancer and their potential role in diagnosis and treatment.
  4. Provide program participants with challenging and interesting cases of use in everyday pathology practice.

IDENTIFIED NEED:

Identified by membership as valuable for its provision of information in the field of Pathology.

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The Los Angeles Society of Pathologists, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

 
 
 

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