Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Thoracic oncology: biology

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Chairs: C. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), M. Caputi (Naples, Italy)

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Detection of aberrant methylation of p16(INK4a) and MGMT in endobronchial specimens increases the diagnostic yield in cases of suspected peripheral lung carcinomas P. Litterst, L. Freitag, B. Obertrifter (Hemer, Germany)
Alteration of p53 and FHIT genes in pleural effusion associated with malignancy J. H. Lee, J. H. Chang (Seoul, South Korea)
Prognostic significance of tumour-infiltrating natural killer cells subset CD57 in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer F. R. Villegas, M. Zuil, J. Jareño, M. J. Chillón, E. Arias, F. Roig, S. Coca, L. Callol (Madrid, Spain)
The role of angiogenesis, assessed by microvessel count (MVC), on the survival of patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis A. P. Meert, B. Martin, M. Paesmans, J. M. Verdebout, T. Berghmans, J. J. Lafitte, P. Delmotte, C. Mascaux, J. P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium; Lille, France)
RB2/p130 gene-enhanced expression downregulates vascular endothelial growth factor expression and inhibits angiogenesis in vivo A. A. Mancini, G. G. Marsico, P. P. P. P. Claudio, A. A. Di Sorbo, C. C. Petagna, A. A. Giordano, M. M. Caputi (Naples, Italy; Philadelphia, United States Of America)
HER-2/neu expression in bioptic and surgical samples of non small cell lung carcinoma C. Nascimbene, T. Oggionni, P. Morbini, P. Vitulo, A. Cascina, A. Rossi, U. Magrini (Pavia, Italy)
Synergistic effects of anti-her-2/neu antibody and cisplatin in immortalized and primary mesothelioma cell lines S. Toma, G. Tassi, M. Maio, L. Mutti (Genoa, Italy)
*Mutations in the retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in lung tumours and suppression of tumour growth in vivo* by retrovirus-mediated gene transfer** A. A. Mancini, V. V. Esposito, A. A. De Luca, P. P. P. P. Claudio, A. M. A. M. Groeger, A. A. Giordamo, M. M. Caputi (Naples, Italy; Philadelphia, United States Of America)