Tuesday, September 5 9:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
J.W. HARMON (Baltimore)

Esophageal Carcinogenesis: Lessons from Animal Models

 The Histological Spectrum of Reflux Induced Esophageal Cancer in a Rat Model E. Montgomery (Baltimore)

 Procarcinogenic signaling in Barrett's esophagus: "Do animals copy us?" N. S Buttar (Rochester MN)

 Squamous De-differentiation and Columnar Differentiation as the Mechanism of Intestinal Metaplasia of the Esophagus in a Surgical Model with Rats" Xiaoxin (Luke) Chen (Durham)

 Cytogenetics of Reflux Induced Esophageal Cancer in a Rat Model P. Bonde (Belfast)

 Animal models for esophageal adenocarcinoma - Transfer from rats to mice M. Fein (Wurzburg)

 Prevention of Esophageal Carcinogenesis in a Rat Model Koichi Miwa (Uozu City)

 Development of a GM-CSF transfected Vaccine for Esophageal Cancer G. Marti (Baltimore and Melun)

 Effectiveness of a Vaccine to Treat/Prevent Esophageal Cancer: Development in a Rat Model T. Miyashita (Kanazawa)

 Current Status and Future Directions for Tumor Vaccines in the Clinical Setting M. Gibson (Baltimore)

 The possible role of marrow stem cells in gastric carcinogenesis in a murine model S. Nomura (Tokyo)