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11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 189 SUNDAY, APRIL 19 AT-A-GLANCE All sessions eligible for CME credit unless otherwise noted. 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Meet-the-Expert Sessions 191-194 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. NCI/NIH-Sponsored Session 195 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony and Award Presentations 196-209 9:30 a.m.-12:00 a.m. Opening Plenary Session 210-211 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. NCI/NIH-Sponsored Session 212 12:45 p.m.-2:55 p.m. Clinical Trials Plenary Session 213 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Meet the CCR Editor-in-Chief 214 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Science Policy Session 215 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Drug Development Track: Special Session 216 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Major Symposia 217-220 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Professional Advancement Session 221 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Recent Advances in Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research 222-223 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Recent Advances in Epidemiology and Prevention Research 224 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Recent Advances in Organ Site Research 225 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Regulatory Science and Policy Session 226 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. POSTER SESSIONS 227-260 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Late-Breaking Poster Sessions 261 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MICR Council Meet and Greet 262 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MEG Special Session 263 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. WICR Council Meet and Greet 264 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Meet the Research Icon: Dr. Joan S. Brugge 265 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. NCI/NIH-Sponsored Session 266 April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 189 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 190 SUNDAY, APRIL 19 AT-A-GLANCE All sessions eligible for CME credit unless otherwise noted. 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Regulatory Science and Policy Session 267 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Meet the Research Icon: Anirban Maitra, MBBS 268 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship 269 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Late-Breaking Minisymposium 270 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Clinical Trials Minisymposium 271 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Clinical Trials Plenary Session 272 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Drug Development Track: Special Session 273 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Minisymposia 274-278 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Meet the Mentor: Undergraduate Focus 279 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Meet the CR Editor-in-Chief 280 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. European Research Council-Sponsored Session 281 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Pezcoller-AACR Award Lecture 282 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Presidential Address 283 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. CIMM Town Meeting 284 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. AACR Networking Hubs 285 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. PCWG Town Meeting 286 7:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. Special Session 287 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Annual Reception 288 190 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 191 MEET-THE-EXPERT SESSIONS Sunday, 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Room 120, Pennsylvania Convention Center The Biologic Signature of Melanoma to Guide Therapy Meenhard Herlyn, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA The genetic signature of melanomas has become an integrated part in the decision process of patients’ therapy. Establishing a biologic signature of melanoma is complex and challenging but needed to achieve more long-term therapy responses. Developmental pathways are activated in melanoma including pathways related to Notch, Wnt, Shh signaling that lead to a stem cell-like phenotype. Each tumor also contains malignant cell subpopulations that are relatively dormant and poorly amendable to any therapy targeting actively dividing tumor cells. Activated mitochondrial metabolism or normal stromal cells including B cells, macrophages, and endothelial cells provide support for the malignant cells when stressed by drugs. New experimental models such patient-derived xenografts and humanized immune systems in NSG mice, and acquired resistance under continuous drug exposure, are all part of a multifaceted effort to drastically improve strategies for patients’ therapy. Room 204, Pennsylvania Convention Center Clinical Application of Next-Generation Sequencing as a Guide to Treatment Selection biomarkers of response for agents that show profound responses in only a minority of patients. As an example, we explored the molecular basis of an outlier phenotype, an apparent disease cure of a 51-year-old woman with recurrent metastatic small cell carcinoma. The patient was treated on a phase 1 clinical trial that combined topoisomerase I inhibition with an ATP-competitive inhibitor of checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1). Whole-genome sequencing revealed a complex but highly clonal tumor genome with a somatic, missense mutation in the Mre11 complex gene RAD50, which functions to initiate double stranded break (DSB) repair by homologous recombination or non-homologous end joining. Through modeling in yeast, we confirmed that this heterozygous RAD50 mutation, which affects a highly conserved residue and whose wild type copy was focally deleted, conferred sensitivity to topoisomerase I inhibition. Drug sensitivity was markedly enhanced upon genetic ablation of the DNA damage checkpoint pathway, suggesting a synthetic lethal interaction between checkpoint kinase inhibition and clastogenic chemotherapy. These results and additional examples to be presented demonstrate the feasibility of using whole-genome sequencing in the clinical setting to identify previously occult biomarkers of drug sensitivity that can aid in the identification of patients most likely to respond to targeted anticancer drugs. The use of novel clinical trial designs to confirm genotype-phenotype associations will also be discussed. David B. Solit, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Profound and durable responses are often observed in early-stage clinical trials of novel cancer agents in only a small minority of patients. It has long been postulated that these responses have a definable genetic basis but until now it was not feasible to perform a comprehensive genomic analysis of such patients. Rather, at best a few candidate genes were examined. Technical feasibility thus ensured that oncology trials were designed to identify agents that have a statistically significant benefit in a genetically unselected population, a paradigm that has led to the development of many agents that have modest or no benefit in the vast majority of patients. Agents with profound activity in only a small number of patients were on the other had deemed inactive and abandoned. Our preliminary experience shows that next-generation sequencing methodology can now be feasibly applied in the clinical setting to identify previously unrecognized April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 191 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 192 MEET-THE-EXPERT SESSIONS Sunday, 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Room 126, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 121, Pennsylvania Convention Center Combinatorial Mapping of Vascular Addresses in Cancer: Towards Mechanistic Insights and Targeted Delivery Identifying Metabolic Dependencies of Cancer Cells Renata Pasqualini, University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Albuquerque, NM Patterns of luminal vascular protein expression vary according to tissue of origin, and these so-called vascular zip codes play an important role in the maintenance of normal physiological processes in multiorgan species. These zip codes are also often modified in response to pathology and play a critical role in the response to and recovery from disease. These differentially expressed proteins offer opportunities for organ- and disease-specific ligand-targeted molecular delivery, offering clear pharmacologic advantages to traditional systemic drug delivery. However, this approach depends on the availability of frequently elusive targets. Combinatorial screening is a valuable tool for identifying optimal ligands for targeted delivery to the vasculature, especially when adapted for in vivo selection. Here we discuss molecular heterogeneity of the vascular endothelium and the use of phage display as a combinatorial screening method to exploit this heterogeneity for tissue or disease-specific vascular targeting. We also highlight applications of this approach for both drug delivery and molecular imaging. Matthew G. Vander Heiden, MIT Koch Institute for Integrated Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA Metabolic regulation influences tumorigenesis and tumor progression. To sustain uncontrolled proliferation, cancer cells must adapt metabolism to support anabolic processes and allow the accumulation of biomass. Survival of cancer cells in inappropriate tissue contexts also requires metabolic adaptation, and understanding the how the metabolic phenotypes of cancer cells support cancer cell proliferation and survival is critical to target these pathways for improved therapy. Approaches to study cancer cell metabolism and identify dependencies that might be exploited for treatment will be described. Studies to understand how glucose and serine metabolism are regulated in cancer cells will be highlighted, together with a discussion of how these pathways modulate both proliferation and survival pathways via effects on nucleotide metabolism. Terrace Ballroom IV (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center New Strategies for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Deciphering the Heterogeneity Room 122, Pennsylvania Convention Center Combining Molecularly Targeted Therapies with Chemoradiation Theodore S. Lawrence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Chemoradiation is the standard therapy for the majority of locally advanced cancers. However, it is unlikely that improvements in outcome can be achieved by increasing the intensity of either chemotherapy or radiation therapy due to toxicity. Molecularly targeted therapies offer the potential to increase efficacy with little to modest increase in toxicity. In this talk, I will review efforts to combine chemoradiation with inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor as well as with agents that abrogate the G2 checkpoint and cause inhibition of homologous recombination repair. I will also illustrate how preclinical studies can motivate clinical trials through the example of an ongoing trial in locally advanced pancreatic cancer. 192 Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN Treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has been challenging due to the heterogeneity of the disease and the absence of well-defined “drivers” amenable to targeted therapies. Identification of molecular targets and predictive biomarkers is critical to improve outcomes for TNBC patients. Over the past several years, analysis of integrated genomic and clinical data sets has resulted in the classification of TNBC into subtypes. These subtypes now provide insight to potential targets and new strategies for this difficult-to-treat disease. The hope is that the further identification and validation of subtypespecific, gain- and loss-of-function drivers will lead to new strategies that align TNBC patients to effective targeted therapy and generate insights for further discovery efforts. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 193 Room 113, Pennsylvania Convention Center Novel Therapeutic Targets in Myeloma Kenneth C. Anderson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA This session will describe models of multiple myeloma (MM) in the bone marrow (BM) which have allowed for identification of novel targets and validation of targeted agents, which in turn have rapidly translated to clinical trials leading to nine FDA-approved treatments and a threefold prolongation of patient median survival. Novel immune therapies include: monoclonal antibodies; immunotoxins; cellular or peptide vaccines; as well as TLR agonists or checkpoint blockade. Next-generation proteasome inhibitors and deubiquitylating (DUB) can overcome resistance to first-generation bortezomib. Novel epigenetic therapies include isoform selective histone deacetylase inhibitors and bromodomain inhibitors. Finally, genomic studies are delineating MM heterogeneity; defining mechanisms of sensitivity or resistance to targeted therapies; identifying novel targets; and allowing for individualized treatments in MM. Terrace Ballroom I (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center PI3K in Cancer: Divergent Roles of Isoforms, Modes of Activation, and Therapeutic Targeting Jean J. Zhao, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and HMS, Boston, MA Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are critical coordinators of intracellular signaling in response to extracellular stimuli. Hyperactivation of PI3K signaling cascades is one of the most common events in human cancers. In this session, we discuss recent advances in our knowledge of the roles of distinct PI3K isoforms in normal and oncogenic signaling, the different ways in which PI3K can be upregulated, and the current state and future potential of targeting this pathway in cancer. Room 201, Pennsylvania Convention Center The Promise of Personalized Medicine Patricia M. LoRusso, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT Room 114, Pennsylvania Convention Center Opportunities for Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer George Coukos, University Hospital of Lausanne, Épalinges, Switzerland Clinical data indicate that the immune system naturally recognizes epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) and such immune response affects the outcome of patients with EOC; the presence of intraepithelial tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes correlates with improved progression-free and overall survival, as shown by studies conducted on over 1,700 patients. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) isolated from ovarian cancers are oligoclonal and recognize and can lyse autologous tumor. TILs from ovarian cancer patients can recognize known tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). Important questions remain on the underlying biology that mediates the successful orchestration of antitumor immune response or the lack of T cell infiltration, as well as on the therapeutic opportunities to harness endogenous immunity and boost it with current immunotherapy approaches. We will attempt to elucidate the biology of immunogenic and non-immunogenic ovarian cancers, discuss data from emerging clinical immunotherapy studies, and propose important approaches to effectively mobilize antitumor immunity in EOC in the future. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA In the genome-enabled era, it is becoming obvious that a more personalized approach to cancer will be necessary if we are going to make an impact on the treatment of this disease. However, the clinical complexities of incorporating individualized molecular profiling into therapeutic interventions are significant. The challenges are multiple: defining the appropriate platform(s) for genomic characterization; harvesting relevant tumor tissue; serial sampling for determination of relevant molecular signature; drug effect and mechanisms of resistance; having the right drugs available; requiring agents from multiple different sponsors; having “clean” agents that are not multitargeted so as to maximize target inhibition and minimize nontarget toxicities; inability to combine necessary targeted agents due to overlap in toxicities, are but a few. Additionally, many tumors have multiple pathways that need simultaneous targeting, challenging such routine drug development concepts as relevant drug doses and schedules. Even if many of the above challenges are overcome, there remain challenges regarding optimization of trial design, especially for molecular subgroups of patients that may be very small. In this session, we will discuss these issues and how the clinical community is attempting to advance forward into a more personalized therapeutic approach to cancer treatment. 193 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 194 MEET-THE-EXPERT SESSIONS Sunday, 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Room 103, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 115, Pennsylvania Convention Center The PTEN Tumor Suppressor Tumor Dormancy and Recurrence Ramon E. Parsons, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Lewis A. Chodosh, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA PTEN, the phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome 10, is inactivated in a wide array of human cancers by a variety of different mechanisms that occur at the genetic, epigenetic, transcript, and protein levels. Understanding the mechanisms of inactivation of the gene and different potential combinations of such mechanisms in an individual tumor is important for gauging the extent of PTEN’s contribution to tumor growth. Inactivation of PTEN leads to increased levels of phosphatidylinositiol3,4,5-trisphostate inside the cell which activates multiple parallel signaling pathways including RAC, AKT, mTOR, BTK, and SGK3. Loss of PTEN function cooperates with PI3K class I isoforms to activate cell surface receptor signals, including insulin and EGF receptor family members, to alter cell metabolism, increase proliferation, and inhibit cell death. In addition, PTEN has tumor suppressor functions that are outside of the PI3K pathway. Reducing PI3K signals or restoring PTEN in tumors or the tumor microenvironment has potential therapeutic benefit. For many types of human cancer, residual tumor cells remain following treatment that are not detected by conventional clinical testing. These cells have the ability to survive in a presumed dormant state within tissues for up to 20 years, either as solitary cells or as micrometastases. Ultimately, residual cells re-emerge from this latent state and resume growth, leading to cancer recurrence. Despite the unrivaled clinical importance of these aspects of breast cancer progression, the mechanisms underlying them are largely unknown. Since dormant residual tumor cells constitute the reservoir from which recurrent cancers invariably arise, the lack of therapeutic approaches specifically targeted against these cells – as well as our lack of understanding about their biology – constitute major obstacles to the successful treatment of human cancers. As such, the development of targeted therapies designed to block pathways on which residual tumor cells depend for survival and growth would represent an attractive approach to preventing cancer recurrence. Room 118, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 119, Pennsylvania Convention Center Targeting Essential Growth Drivers in NonSmall Cell Lung Cancer: A Lesson from ALK Unraveling Hormone Dependence in Cancer Hiroyuki Mano, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Targeting essential growth drivers that cancer cells are addicted to would be one of the most effective ways to treat cancer. Such hypothesis is clearly approved in the case for ALK fusions. Transgenic mice expressing EML4ALK in lung epithelial cells bear hundreds of lung tumors at birth, and such cancer nodules disappear upon the administration of an ALK inhibitor. Likewise, the first ALK inhibitor, crizotinib, obtained a remarkable response rate of ~60% in patients, and was approved at only 4 years after EML4-ALK discovery. Many “second-generation” ALK inhibitors are under clinical investigation, and one of them, alectinib, demonstrated a surprising response rate of 93.5%. Successful treatment by a single ALK inhibitor of non-lung tumors with other ALK fusions further validates an idea of “ALKoma,” a step toward a beyond-organ driver gene-based cancer classification. 194 Myles A. Brown, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Investigation of the steroid hormone dependence of breast and prostate cancers has served as the paradigm for the development of targeted therapies and has led to an understanding of the importance of an epigenetically defined cell of origin in determining response. It has also highlighted the importance of considering both genetic changes leading to clonal evolution and epigenetic changes resulting in altered differentiation as mechanisms underlying the development of acquired therapeutic resistance. This session will discuss recent studies aimed at elucidating the relative contributions of genetics and epigenetics in determining sensitivity to therapies targeting steroid receptor pathways and will provide potential new therapeutic strategies to overcome resistance. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 195 NCI/NIH-SPONSORED SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Room 105, Pennsylvania Convention Center NIH Grants Session: Changes in Review, Funding, and Funding Opportunities at the NCI Chairperson: Suresh Mohla, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD This session, held at every AACR annual meeting since the early 1990s, is primarily focused on familiarizing new applicants with the NIH grants submission, review, and funding processes. The session is predominantly focused on R01/R21 type grant applications since there are other NCI sessions focusing primarily on training, mentoring, and career development grant applications. Traditionally, this is a team effort between NCI and CSR. The one-hour session will include presentations from an SRO and an NCI Program Director, after which there will be an opportunity for questions. The session has been very popular with new, junior, and senior investigators because the speakers present new policies, procedures, and funding opportunities that are available to applicants. The major theme of this session is how to be proactive in preparing grant applications, and how to interact with the CSR and NCI staff before and after the applications have been reviewed. A variety of topics are discussed including how applicants can self-refer their applications, and issues related to “grantsmanship,” such as the common mistakes made in research applications and how to avoid them. It is a great opportunity for applicants to meet with NCI Program Staff, and with CSR and NCI Scientific Review Officers. The NCI and CSR staff will be available to meet either immediately after the session or in the NIH Resource Room for the duration of the meeting. Overall, this has been a successful forum to provide an overview of NCI paylines, plans and programs, funding opportunities, changes in grant submissions process, and other significant changes in review at CSR and NCI, and the AACR has enthusiastically endorsed this session since the very early 1990s. Speakers: Angela Y. Ng, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Ronald L. Johnson, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD Suresh Mohla, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD NCI Resource Room The NCI Grants Resource Room, located in Room 102 of the Philadelphia Convention Center, provides information and handouts related to new research initiatives and information on the grant application process, including Program and Review staff contacts. Program and Review staff of the NCI as well as Review staff from CSR will be available at the Resource Room for discussions and consultation throughout the meeting. A list with details of specific NCI and CSR staff availability will be posted in the room. Conferences can be scheduled to discuss individual grant/review questions. Interested members of the scientific community are encouraged to meet with Program or Review staff to clarify specific issues or other items of interest. New investigators are especially encouraged to meet with Program staff handling grant portfolios in their area of scientific interest. The Resource Room will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, and from 9:00 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 195 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 196 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Join us on Sunday for the Annual Meeting Opening Ceremony, a yearly tradition marking the start of four days filled with outstanding and innovative science. AACR CEO Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc), will address attendees and discuss the immense progress the AACR has made over the past year. AACR President Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR, will highlight the dramatic advances in cancer research and today’s challenges to the cancer field. The Opening Ceremony will also feature the presentation of some of the AACR’s most prestigious awards, including: • The Ninth Annual AACR Team Science Award • The Twelfth Annual AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research • Recognition of the newly inducted Fellows of the AACR Academy • The Ninth Annual AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research • The 2015 AACR Distinguished Public Service Awards Don’t miss this exciting event, which leads directly into the opening plenary session! AACR Team Science Award Designing AR Inhibitors Team 196 Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR Michael E. Jung, PhD Howard I. Scher, MD AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 197 Lifetime Achievement Award Mario R. Capecchi, PhD, FAACR Distinguished Public Service Award Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, DPhil Distinguished Public Service Award AACR Margaret Foti Award Donald S. Coffey, PhD, FAACR Photo by Viva Sarah Press/ISRAEL21c Senator Robert Casey Distinguished Public Service Award Miri Ziv Distinguished Public Service Award Richard Pazdur, MD April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 197 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 198 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Ninth Annual AACR Team Science Award Designing AR Inhibitors Team Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Michael E. Jung, PhD University of California, Los Angeles, CA Howard I. Scher, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 198 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 199 The AACR Team Science Award has been established by the American Association for Cancer Research and Eli Lilly and Company to acknowledge and catalyze the growing importance of interdisciplinary teams to the understanding of cancer and/or the translation of research discoveries into clinical cancer applications. The AACR Team Science Award recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary research team for its innovative and meritorious science that has advanced or likely will advance our fundamental knowledge of cancer or a team that has applied existing knowledge to advance the detection, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer. The AACR recognizes the Designing AR Inhibitors Team for their collective efforts in discovering and developing the novel antiandrogen drugs enzalutamide and ARN-509 for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. This multidisciplinary group, comprised of cancer biologists, chemists, and clinical scientists, exemplifies the power of team work and its ability to make a difference to change the way we treat major diseases. The team used a combination of laboratory models and clinical samples to discover that restoration of signaling through overexpression of the androgen receptor (AR) is responsible for acquired resistance to androgen treatment. They then used this information to discover and optimize novel small-molecule inhibitors of the androgen receptor that retain activity in AR-overexpressing models of androgen-resistant prostate cancer. The team also showed that these compounds work by impairing nuclear translocation of the AR and disrupting its binding to promoter and enhancer regions of AR target genes. The team then went on to carry out the first human trial of the drug emerging from their preclinical work, initially known as MD3100 and then as enzalutamide, which showed substantial clinical activity. Subsequent clinical trials resulted in FDA approval in 2012. The team has also discovered and progressed to clinical trial a further more potent antiandrogen (ARN-509). In addition, they have provided important evidence supporting dual blockade of AR and PI3 kinase to overcome reciprocal negative feedback signaling in castration-resistant prostate cancer and again progressed this to the clinic. The outstanding scientific, translational, and clinical accomplishments of the team and their commitment to a multidisciplinary team approach is clearly evidenced by their innovative and meritorious work that has resulted in major clinical impact and perfectly embodies the spirit of the AACR Team Science Award. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 199 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 200 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Twelfth Annual AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Mario R. Capecchi, PhD, FAACR University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT The American Association for Cancer Research Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research was first established in 2004 to honor individuals who have made significant fundamental contributions to cancer research, either through a single scientific discovery or a collective body of work. These contributions, whether they have been in research, leadership, or mentorship, must have had a lasting impact on the cancer field and must have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to progress against cancer. The AACR honors Dr. Mario R. Capecchi for his tremendous scientific contributions, which have had a profound impact on the understanding of cancer. Dr. Capecchi’s groundbreaking work in the development of gene targeting technology in the mouse has led to a revolution in our ability to study the function of cancer genes, as well as the mechanisms of cancer development. He clearly embodies the tradition of outstanding scientific accomplishments that are represented by this Award and its previous recipients. After initial training in physics and chemistry, Dr. Capecchi was seduced by the emerging discipline of molecular biology. As a graduate student with Jim Watson at Harvard University, he synthesized bacteriophage proteins in cell-free extracts and worked out some of the basic mechanisms controlling protein synthesis. Dr. Capecchi then joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School, but after four years he decided to move to the University of Utah to pursue new long-term avenues of research in mammalian molecular biology that ultimately revolutionized our approach to understanding gene function. The challenge Dr. Capecchi chose to pursue was how to manipulate the mammalian genome to understand gene function. His first proposal, to inject DNA into nuclei, was turned down by the NIH as “not worthy of pursuit.” Undaunted by rejection, he persisted and four years later a second proposal was accepted with the belated apology from the study section: “We are glad you did not follow our advice.” Introducing DNA into the mammalian genome was just the first step in a series of discoveries leading to the development of procedures to target, disable, and study individual mammalian genes using homologous recombination. Key to the success of the approach was Dr. Capecchi’s remarkable persistence and continued refinement of technology to the point where targeted mutation of mammalian genes became routine. The demonstration that this approach allows introduction of mutations into chromosomal DNA of embryoderived mouse stem (ES) cells, and transmission of the mutations through the germline 200 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 201 to progeny, was recognized by the award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine to Dr. Capecchi together with Drs. Oliver Smithies and Martin Evans. It is hard to overstate the impact of this advance in biology and medicine. Many tens of thousands of knockout mice and their variants have been created leading to numerous advances in understanding and modeling of many human diseases. In cancer research, targeted mutation of oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, and modifier genes fundamentally changed the direction of the field, permitting direct analysis of the molecular events leading to tumor initiation and progression. New models that better reflect the biology of human cancer have been generated and used to develop novel therapies. In his most recent work, Dr. Capecchi focused on chromosomal translocations that cause sarcomas by usurping normal developmental processes involved in muscle formation. Cancer researchers throughout the world rapidly adopted Dr. Capecchi’s technology. It is now possible to identify the cell of origin of many cancers and to investigate the actual mechanisms that generate cancer mutations – in some cases a pathophysiological version of the mechanisms Dr. Capecchi exploited to achieve gene targeting. Investigators can now approach the diversity of cancer in mouse models and the heterogeneity of tumor cells that makes them so difficult to eradicate. Through a lifetime dedicated to scientific discovery, Dr. Capecchi has left an indelible mark on cancer research and he has improved the lives of countless cancer patients. He has also served as an inspiring mentor to his students, fellows, and colleagues and as a role model for all young investigators who dare to think differently. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 201 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 202 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center 2015 AACR Distinguished Public Service Award Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, PhD Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University The AACR is honoring Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee with the 2015 Distinguished Public Service Award in recognition of his outstanding work educating the public about cancer and cancer research through his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Dr. Mukherjee wrote the book, which was published in 2010, because he felt that his experiences as an oncology fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston during the mid-2000s were part of a much larger battle against cancer. Through his writing, he set out to paint a picture of the history of cancer and to answer the tough questions from his patients that he had been unable to answer about the origins of cancer, how treatment has evolved, and how we can develop new and more effective treatments. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer provides deep insight into the amazing progress that has been made against cancer over the years thanks to research, and accomplishes Dr. Mukherjee’s goal of better educating the public about cancer and cancer research. By focusing on the pioneering physicians and researchers who developed surgical procedures and conducted experiments with chemotherapy, as well as the trailblazing scientists who revealed the mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression, Dr. Mukherjee covers the first documented appearances of cancer four thousand years ago through to the emergence of precision medicine. Intertwined with the stories of research and medical advances are those of activists who raised public awareness of cancer and of patients who experienced the highs and lows of treatment. These stories bring a level of humanity to the book that resonates deeply with the public. In 2011, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. A six-hour documentary based on the book, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, aired on Public Broadcasting Service member stations across the United States, on March 30, 31, and April 1. The American Association for Cancer Research and Stand Up To Cancer are proud supporters of the documentary, executive produced by Ken Burns and directed by Barak Goodman, which has created a national dialogue about cancer and the vital importance of cancer research. The documentary series is a collaboration between Florentine Films, Laura Ziskin Pictures, and WETA, in association with Ark Media. Dr. Mukherjee is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University in New York, where he studies the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. He received his doctorate in immunology from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He lives in New York with his wife and daughters. 202 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 203 Photo by Viva Sarah Press/ISRAEL21c Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center 2015 AACR Award for Distinguished Public Service and Global Impact in Cancer Advocacy Miri Ziv Director General, Israel Cancer Association, Givatayim, Israel Miri Ziv, Director General of the Israel Cancer Association, is being honored with the 2015 AACR Award for Distinguished Public Service and Global Impact in Cancer Advocacy for her sustained spectacular contributions to the cancer field and her lifelong passionate commitment to the global conquest of cancer. Through her remarkable work as the Director General of the Israel Cancer Association, the leading not-for-profit cancer organization in Israel, she has served the cancer field with distinction. Her advocacy in the area of breast cancer has been especially significant. In addition, for more than 20 years, her leadership and significant achievements in the field, not only in Israel but also all over the world, have spanned the full spectrum of cancer research, early detection, prevention, and survivorship, and have saved countless lives globally. She has initiated many programs to raise awareness about cancer and has been a tireless advocate for the cause of cancer control, providing guidance in Israel and to numerous international organizations on issues relevant to public awareness about cancer, cancer prevention, and services to cancer survivors. She has been the driving force as an advocate behind initiatives such as the National Mammography Screening Program in Israel, Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and many other important public education programs. Ms. Ziv is truly a global cancer ambassador and a precious asset to the cancer field. Because of all of her past stellar accomplishments and the global impact of her current contributions to cancer advocacy, cancer control, and cancer research, she is highly deserving of this recognition by the AACR. Ms. Ziv earned a master’s degree in medical sociology, with honors, at Tel Aviv University, and completed the study requirements for the PhD program there. She taught medical sociology at Tel Aviv University for about a decade prior to assuming her position at the Israel Cancer Association. In Israel, Ms. Ziv has served for more than 20 years as a member of The Israel National Health Committee (appointed by the Minister of Health) and as Coordinator of the Israel National Council of Oncology. She is a member of the National Council for Women’s Health, the National Council of Health Promotion (both of which are by April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA appointment of the Director General of the Ministry of Health), and the Executive Board of the Israel Health Consumers Coalition. Internationally, Ms. Ziv has served since 1995 as Israel’s representative to the European Breast Cancer Coalition Europa Donna, and on its Executive Board from 1995 to 2000. She is a member of the Executive Board of the Senologic International Society (the World Society of Breast Diseases) and is a Senior Research Fellow of the International Prevention Research Institute. She has also served on the Executive Board of the European Cancer Leagues and on the Executive Board of the Union for International Cancer Control. She was elected as a Global Cancer Ambassador by the American Cancer Society, and she was a member of the Israeli delegation to the U.N. General Assembly Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases in September 2011. In 2015, she was appointed as an ESMO Faculty Member for Cancer Prevention in recognition of her enormous expertise in this area. In addition, Ms. Ziv has participated in and lectured at conferences in Israel and around the world, such as the Global Summit Consensus Conference on International Breast Health in Washington, DC; a meeting of the Senologic International Society in Paris; the Eighth International Congress of Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer in Warsaw; the Middle East Cancer Control Leadership Forum in Ankara, Turkey; and the Second Breast Cancer in Young Women Conference in Dublin, Ireland. Ms. Ziv has received numerous awards including the “Best CEO in Israel,” the Nurit Kadatzaki-Roz Award for her achievements against cancer, and the Israeli Society for Clinical Oncology & Radiation Therapy Gold Medal for her contributions to its work, among other honors. Her commitment to the cause of fighting cancer began many years ago. It was deepened in 1992 when her own son, Oren, died of melanoma at the age of 21, and it was strengthened further when her brother also lost his life to cancer 14 years ago. Ms. Ziv and her husband, Joseph, a retired Israeli Defense Forces helicopter pilot who works in environmental services, live in the town of Yavne, south of Tel Aviv. 203 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 204 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Fellows of the AACR Academy Class of 2015 The AACR Academy serves to recognize and honor distinguished scientists whose major scientific contributions have propelled significant innovation and progress against cancer. These Fellows have been nominated and elected through a rigorous peer-review process conducted by existing Fellows of the AACR Academy and ratified by the AACR Executive Committee. This process includes an assessment of each candidate on the basis of his or her scientific achievements in cancer research and cancer-related biomedical science. The AACR Academy is proud to have inducted its third class of illustrious Fellows at the Annual Meeting 2015. 204 Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, FAACR Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR Anton J.M. Berns, PhD, FAACR Bruce A. Chabner, MD, FAACR AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 205 Ronald A. DePInho, MD, FAACR Susan D. Desmond Hellmann, MD, MPH, FAACR Robert N. Eisenman, PhD, FAACR Douglas R. Lowy, MD, FAACR Carol L. Prives, PhD, FAACR Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD, FAACR Craig B. Thompson, MD, FAACR April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 205 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 206 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Ninth Annual AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Donald S. Coffey, PhD, FAACR Catherine Iola and J. Smith Michael Distinguished Professor of Urology Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD The American Association for Cancer Research established this Award in 2007 in honor of Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc) for her exemplary leadership of the AACR as its Chief Executive Officer; for her sustained, outstanding work in fostering research, scholarly communications, education and training, science policy, and public education; and for her extraordinary dedication and contributions to the conquest of cancer. The Award recognizes a true champion of cancer research, an individual who embodies the sustained commitment of Margaret Foti to the prevention and cure of cancer. The Award is given to an individual whose leadership and extraordinary achievements in cancer research or in support of cancer research have made a major impact on the field. Such achievements may include scientific contributions to the acceleration of progress against cancer, significant accomplishments in the national or international awareness of the importance of cancer research, or other ways demonstrating a sustained extraordinary commitment to cancer research. The AACR honors Donald S. Coffey, PhD, for his tremendous leadership and profound contributions to cancer research. Dr. Coffey’s distinct reputation as a natural advocate and leader is clearly evidenced by his extraordinary tenure as AACR president, which resulted in a number of new exciting initiatives for our organization. Dr. Coffey’s pioneering work on the structure of the cell nuclei and the pathogenesis of prostate cancer, coupled with his dedication to mentoring young cancer researchers and promoting cancer research nationally, epitomizes the spirit of this award. Dr. Coffey has also made many important discoveries about abnormal and normal cell behavior and has launched major new research avenues in cell biology; he is widely known for his discovery of the nuclear matrix and the fact that DNA synthesis occurs on this matrix. He characterized the first Dunning animal models, which are used to isolate tumor metastasis genes and design chemotherapy regimens in prostate cancer. In addition, Dr. Coffey was the first to establish methods to identify androgen-insensitive prostate tumors and to elucidate the mechanisms of clonal selection in this insensitivity. He has also done groundbreaking work on telomerase in prostate cancer and contributed to the first prostate cancer gene therapy trial ever conducted. 206 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 207 While working toward his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from East Tennessee State University, which he received in 1957, Dr. Coffey was a chemist at the North American Rayon Corporation. Upon graduating, he spent two years as a chemical engineer at the Westinghouse Corporation in Baltimore. He began his tenure at Johns Hopkins in 1959, where he has served since, joining the Johns Hopkins Hospital as acting director of the Brady Urological Research Laboratory. He also received his doctorate from the university’s medical school in 1964. Additionally, he is currently an adjunct professor of medicine at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Coffey has been recognized with numerous other honors, including the St. Paul’s Medal from the British Association of Urological Surgeons, the Achievement Award from the American Urological Association, the First Yamanouchi Award from the Society of International Urology, the Eugene Fuller Prostate Award from the American Urological Society, and the Falk Award from the National Institute of Environmental Science. Dr. Coffey is a fellow of the AACR Academy and is the Catherine Iola and J. Smith Michael distinguished professor of urology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 207 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 208 OPENING CEREMONY (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center 2015 AACR Distinguished Public Service Award The Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr. United States Senator from Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey has represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States Senate since January 2007. In his eight years in the Senate, Bob Casey has been a steadfast leader in support of funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has consistently demonstrated, through his work as a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, an unwavering commitment to advancing science, protecting children, and improving public health. Perhaps most notably, Senator Casey reaches across the political aisle and works with his Republican colleague, Senator Richard Burr, to lead a Dear Colleague letter to Senate leadership in support of NIH funding each year. This letter is critical to raising awareness among his colleagues that NIH funding should be a national priority. Last year the letter garnered the support of almost 60 senators. In addition to his leadership on NIH funding, Senator Casey was the lead Senate sponsor of the Creating Hope Act, which became law in 2012 and established the Priority Review Voucher program at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include treatments for pediatric rare diseases, such as childhood cancers. He also has demonstrated support for AACR-led initiatives such as National Cancer Research Month by serving as an original cosponsor of a special resolution in Congress honoring the event. Senator Casey and his wife of 30 years, Terese, live in Scranton, PA, and have four daughters. Senator Casey is the eldest son of the late Governor Robert P. Casey. Throughout his career in public service, which has spanned almost 20 years, Senator Bob Casey has been guided by the legacy of his father and the principle that “All public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor.” 208 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 209 Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center 2015 AACR Distinguished Public Service Award Richard Pazdur, MD Director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD The AACR is honoring Dr. Richard Pazdur with a Public Service Award in recognition of his steadfast leadership as Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Hematology and Oncology Products and of his extraordinary dedication to improving cancer treatment through the approval of safe and effective drugs for cancer patients. Throughout his stellar career, Dr. Pazdur has made outstanding contributions to the fight against cancer, initially through his highly regarded work as a physician and researcher and now through his extraordinary dedication to improving cancer treatment via the approval of safe and effective drugs for cancer patients at the FDA. Dr. Pazdur, who is sometimes referred to as the “Cancer Drug Czar” by the media, has led the FDA Office of Hematology and Oncology Products (OHOP) since 2005. During this time, he has worked tirelessly to speed the availability of therapies for cancer patients, especially when the drugs are the first available treatment or have advantages over existing therapies. On an annual basis, approximately 30 percent of all new drugs approved by the FDA are oncology products, and under his leadership, the Office has approved many novel, innovative treatments for patients, such as the recent approvals of immune-checkpoint inhibitors, immune modulators, and many of the targeted therapies that have not only extended patient lives, but have also greatly improved the quality of their lives. For these reasons, Dr. Pazdur was recently named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune magazine. Dr. Pazdur has worked for years to build collaborative partnerships with academia, industry, fellow government agencies, scientific societies, and patient advocacy organizations to improve both the pace and the quality of new cancer drugs reaching patients. He has embraced regulatory science to inform and improve the way in which new cancer medicines can be evaluated for their safety and efficacy. He is also a thought leader and has effectively employed a variety of regulatory tools such as master clinical trial protocols, expedited approval pathways, including the agency’s new breakthrough therapy designation and clinical trial enrichment strategies for approving targeted therapies in oncology. A native of the Chicago area, he obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. He served as an oncologist, researcher, and teacher at Wayne State University before becoming a Professor of Medicine and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. He joined the FDA as the Director of the Division of Oncology Drug Products in 1999 and was named Director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Drug Products in April 2005. He resides in Bethesda, MD, with his wife, Mary, and is a fitness enthusiast. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 209 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 210 OPENING PLENARY SESSION Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center The Genome and Beyond Chairperson: Lewis C. Cantley, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 9:30 a.m. Insights from cancer genomes into the mutational processes underlying cancer development Michael R. Stratton Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Cambridge, United Kingdom 9:55 a.m. Engineering the cancer genome Tyler Jacks David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Cambridge, MA 10:20 a.m. Above the genome: The epigenome and its biology and translational potential Stephen B. Baylin Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD 210 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 211 10:45 a.m. Using genomics to personalize cancer immunotherapy Robert D. Schreiber Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 11:10 a.m. Phase III study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) versus ipilimumab in patients with ipilimumab-naive advanced melanoma Antoni Ribas UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 11:30 a.m. Discussant Jedd D. Wolchok Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY 11:40 a.m. Dual targeting of BCR-ABL with ABL001, a novel potent allosteric ABL kinase inhibitor in combination with nilotinib suppresses the emergence of disease resistance in models of CML William R. Sellers Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 211 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 212 NCI/NIH-SPONSORED SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Room 105, Pennsylvania Convention Center Fellowships, Career Development Awards, and Transitioning to Independence Awards Chairperson: Ming Lei, National Cancer Institute-CCT, Rockville, MD The National Cancer Institute provides numerous opportunities for the training of the next generation of cancer researchers. The NCI funds training at extramural institutions across the nation, utilizing funding mechanisms such as institutional training and education grants, career development awards, and fellowships. The NCI also offers fellowships in the intramural research programs at the Bethesda campus studying all aspects of cancer including AIDS, behavioral research, epidemiology, clinical sciences, basic cancer biology, and translational research. This session will provide a broad overview of this wide range of opportunities. Presentations will describe the extramural funding mechanisms managed by the Cancer Training Branch, as well as training opportunities in NCI’s three intramural research programs. Speakers: Jonathan S. Wiest, National Cancer Institute-CCT, Bethesda, MD Michael K. Schmidt, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD Mark Damico, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Susan N. Perkins, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 212 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 213 CLINICAL TRIALS PLENARY SESSION Sunday, 12:45 p.m.-2:55 p.m. Terrace Ballroom I (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Promising Trials in Immunotherapy Chairperson: Michele Sadelain, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Additional chairperson to be announced 12:45 p.m. CT103: Clinical safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: Preliminary results from KEYNOTE-028 Evan W. Alley, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1:05 p.m. CT104: Efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and relationship with PD-L1 expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: Findings from KEYNOTE-001 Edward B. Garon, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 1:25 p.m. Discussant to be announced 1:35 p.m. CT105: Safety and feasibility of chimeric antigen receptor modified T cells directed against mesothelin in patients with mesothelin expressing cancers Janos L. Tanyi, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1:55 p.m. Discussant Michele Sadelain, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 2:05 p.m. CT106: A phase I/IIa study of IMCgp100: Partial and complete durable responses with a novel first-in-class immunotherapy for advanced melanoma Mark R. Middleton, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 2:25 p.m. CT107: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes for treatment of rituximab-refractory EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disorder Susan E. Prockop, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 2:45 p.m. Discussant Antoni Ribas, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Please refer to the online Itinerary Planner or Annual Meeting App for program updates. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 213 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 214 MEET AND GREET (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Booth #1827 (Publications Booth), Halls B-E Meet the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Cancer Research Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, FAACR Kraft Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Join us at Booth #1827 at AACR Annual Meeting 2015 to meet the editors of the AACR Publications. The Editors-in-Chief will explain the mission and scope of their journal, recent submission trends, and other topics of interest for researchers looking to publish their work in the highly esteemed AACR journals. Learn what Editors look for in manuscripts and participate in a unique Q&A session. Clinical Cancer Research’s focus is to publish innovative clinical and translational cancer research studies that bridge the laboratory and the clinic. Clinical Cancer Research is especially interested in clinical trials evaluating new treatments, accompanied by research on pharmacology and molecular alterations or biomarkers that predict response or resistance to treatment. The journal also prioritizes laboratory and animal studies of new drugs and molecule-targeted agents with the potential to lead to clinical trials, and studies of targetable mechanisms of oncogenesis, progression of the malignant phenotype, and metastatic disease. 214 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 215 SCIENCE POLICY SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Room 126, Pennsylvania Convention Center The Intersection of Science Policy and Cancer Research: A Town Hall Meeting with the AACR Office of Science Policy and Government Affairs Chairperson: William S. Dalton, M2Gen, Tampa, FL We are making unprecedented progress in cancer research that is changing the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat cancers in this country, thanks in no small part to federal investments in cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But despite the tremendous promise of cancer research, our nation’s premier sources of funding—the NIH and NCI— are amidst a serious funding crisis as a result of cuts in domestic spending, including sequestration, and years of budgets that have not kept pace with inflation. Through the actions of our Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee, the AACR is raising awareness for how investments in cancer and medical research will save lives, improve public health, and grow the economy in this country. The AACR also works closely with other organizations across all areas of medical science to advocate for increased research funding and support. By educating Congress about the importance of federal investments in biomedical research and how those investments provide a significant health and economic benefit to the country, the AACR is working tirelessly to ensure that our nation’s policymakers prioritize the growth of the NIH and NCI budgets at a predictable, robust pace. The AACR also engages with federal agencies to promote the development and implementation of sound, evidence-based policies to support, cancer survivors, scientists, and the broader medical research ecosystem. This special session will give you an overview of the AACR’s activities in Washington, D.C., to support NIH funding and lead on other policy issues, such as tobacco and regulatory science. It also will arm cancer researchers with the knowledge and tools needed to be effective advocates, especially in the current, complex political and fiscal environments that exist in Washington, D.C. The session will conclude with a roundtable “Ask Me Anything” discussion with leaders of the AACR Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee. Speakers: William S. Dalton, M2Gen, Tampa, FL Jon G. Retzlaff, American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC Mary Lee Watts, American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC Carrie Wollinetz, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Jack Whelan, Jack-Whelan.com, Andover, MA April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 215 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 216 DRUG DEVELOPMENT TRACK: SPECIAL SESSION Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 204, Pennsylvania Convention Center New Drugs on the Horizon 1 Co-Chairpersons: Lori S. Friedman, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA; Indrawan J. Mcalpine, Pfizer Global R&D, San Diego, CA Advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer have led to the identification of key pathways involved in tumor initiation and progression, and translating this innovative science into the next generation of therapeutic agents remains one of the major hurdles to meaningful improvements in cancer treatment. While clinical successes remain extremely challenging to achieve, increasing numbers of targeted agents are emerging through clinical trials and making differences in the lives of patients. This symposium will provide the first disclosure of several new clinical agents that continue the drive for successful targeted therapies. 1:00 p.m. PT2385: First-in-class HIF-2α antagonist for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma [DDT01-01]* Eli M. Wallace, Peloton Therapeutics, Inc., Dallas, TX 1:25 p.m. Discussion 1:30 p.m. Unleashing antitumor immunity through anti-OX40 monotherapy and in combination with anti-PD-L1 [DDT01-02]* (not eligible for CME credit) Jeong M. Kim, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 1:55 p.m. Discussion 2:00 p.m. Discovery and preclinical pharmacology of AZD9496: An oral, selective estrogen receptor down-regulator (SERD) [DDT01-03]* (not eligible for CME credit) Hazel Weir, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, United Kingdom 2:25 p.m. Discussion 2:30 p.m. Identification of LGH447: A potent and selective proviral insertion of moloney murine leukemia (PIM) 1,2 and 3 kinase inhibitor in clinical trials for hematological malignancies Matthew Burger, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Emeryville, CA 2:55 p.m. Discussion *An extended abstract for this presentation is available in the Invited Abstracts section of the Proceedings (the abstract number is listed in brackets above). 216 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 217 MAJOR SYMPOSIA Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 115, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 120, Pennsylvania Convention Center Autophagy and Cancer Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease: Comparison of Risk Factors Chairperson: Kay F. Macleod, University of Chicago Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, Chicago, IL Determining the role of the self-degradative cellular process known as macro-autophagy in cancer has been complicated by the realization that autophagy can be both tumorpromoting and tumor-suppressive depending on tissue type, driving oncogene, and stage of progression. This session addresses some of the key questions and controversies pertaining to the role of autophagy in cancer etiology and treatment including the function of autophagy in the tumor microenvironment, the relative importance of mitophagy relative to the process of autophagy as a whole, the significance of key oncogenic signaling pathways in modulating autophagy, and importantly the utility of chloroquine and other lysosomotropic drugs in cancer therapy. This session brings four experts in the field together to present new data from their laboratories on these topics and to discuss the ramifications of their work for unanswered questions in the field. 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. Contrasting consequences of autophagy deficiency and mitophagy deficiency in cancer [SY01-01]* Kay F. Macleod, University of Chicago Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, Chicago, IL Chairperson: Tim E. Byers, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO The major chronic diseases (cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease) share many behavioral risk factors, including tobacco, diet, obesity, and physical inactivity. In addition, many mediating biological processes seem to have similar effects on disease risk across these conditions, including various hormonal factors and chronic inflammation. In some instances, the mechanisms for how behavioral factors affect risk are known, but in many instances those mechanisms are unknown. The purpose of this session is to systematically examine the similarities and differences in how behavioral factors are related to risk of cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease within the same cohorts in order to better define the limits of our current understanding of common mechanisms that might affect risk of multiple chronic diseases. 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. Cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: Different stops on the same line? Tim E. Byers, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:35 p.m. Shared risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in a lowincome population [SY02-02]* William J. Blot, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:35 p.m. Autophagy and metabolic reprogramming in the tumor stroma [SY01-02]* Jorge Moscat, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 1:55 p.m. Discussion 1:55 p.m. Discussion 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Oncogenic signaling and autophagy regulation Beth C. Levine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 2:20 p.m. Discussion Mediators of the effect of overweight and obesity on cardiovascular disease and cancer: Evidence from pooling of prospective studies Goodarz Danaei, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2:25 p.m. Chloroquine derivatives as anticancer agents [SY01-04]* Ravi K. Amaravadi, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2:20 p.m. Discussion 2:25 p.m. Risk factors associated with cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in the multiethnic cohort: Comparisons across ethnic groups [SY02-04]* Lynne Wilkens, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 2:45 p.m. Discussion 2:50 p.m. General Discussion 2:45 p.m. Other 2:50 p.m. General Discussion *An extended abstract for this presentation is available in the Invited Abstracts section of the Proceedings (the abstract number is listed in brackets above). April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 217 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 218 MAJOR SYMPOSIA Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 201, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 103, Pennsylvania Convention Center Diverse Strategies for Targeting Ras-Driven Cancers Gene Expression Programs Underlying the Stem Cell State Chairperson: Karen Cichowski, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Chairperson: Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA The Ras pathway is deregulated in the majority of human cancers. However, there are currently no effective therapies for Ras-driven tumors. This session will focus on how basic mechanistic and preclinical studies in a variety of model systems have been used to develop new small molecule inhibitors, identify new targets and novel drug combinations, and can guide mechanism-based clinical trials. Key issues for using the full potential of the iPS cell technology for disease research are creating molecular and biological criteria that allow characterization of different cell states. This symposium will discuss recent approaches aimed at establishing molecular criteria that define the pluripotent and differentiated state of human cells as well as establishing stringent criteria that can be used for quality control of iPS cells. In addition, efficient gene editing approaches in human pluripotent cells that are needed for creating disease-relevant phenotypes in the culture dish will be discussed. 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. Small molecule targeting K-Ras G12C Kevan M. Shokat, University of California, San Francisco, CA 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:35 p.m. Developing novel combination therapies for Ras-driven tumors Karen Cichowski, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 1:55 p.m. Discussion 2:00 p.m. Targeting feedback mechanisms to overcome addiction to oncogenic RAS (not eligible for CME credit) Jeffrey E. Settleman, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 2:20 p.m. Discussion 2:25 p.m. Targeting Ras-driven tumors through cellextrinsic and -intrinsic mechanisms Dafna Bar-Sagi, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 2:45 p.m. Discussion 2:50 p.m. General Discussion 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. iPS cell technology, gene targeting, and disease research Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:35 p.m. Mechanisms by which cells change transcriptional programs Kenneth S. Zaret, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1:55 p.m. Discussion 2:00 p.m. Molecular networks defining cell identity [SY04-03]* George Q. Daley, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 2:20 p.m. Discussion 2:25 p.m. Global analysis of long-range regulation of gene expression in embryonic stem cells Bing Ren, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA 2:45 p.m. Discussion 2:50 p.m. General Discussion *An extended abstract for this presentation is available in the Invited Abstracts section of the Proceedings (the abstract number is listed in brackets above). 218 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 219 Terrace Ballroom IV (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Terrace Ballroom II-III (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Imaging of Immunotherapy in Action Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Chairperson: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Chairperson: Peter J. Campbell, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom As immune therapies for cancer continue to advance with promising results, molecular imaging strategies to monitor immune cell subsets are also evolving. In order to truly maximize benefit of a given individual’s immunotherapy, one has to be able to answer many important questions. These include: 1) Visualization of the location(s), numbers, and viability of specific immune cell subsets, 2) Visualization of the interaction of the immune cell with tumor cells, 3) Visualization of specific immune cell and tumor cell targets (e.g., checkpoint inhibitors), and 4)Visualization of the efficacy of tumor volume reduction. Multiple new molecular imaging probes for various imaging modalities (e.g., positron emission tomography) are being translated for clinical use and may help to fully optimize existing and evolving immunotherapies. Investigators developing novel immunotherapies working closely with the molecular imaging community should lead to improved cancer management through advances in both immunotherapy and molecular imaging probe development. The Pan-Cancer analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) project of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is coordinating analysis of more than 2,000 whole cancer genomes. Each genome is characterized through a suite of centralized algorithms, including alignment to the reference genome, standardized quality assessment, and calling of all classes of somatic mutation. Scientists participating in the research projects of PCAWG are addressing a series of fundamental questions about cancer biology and evolution based on these data, a sample of which will be presented at this session. Key areas of study include: 1) Discovery of driver mutations outside of the protein-coding regions of the genome; 2) Integrating mutational signatures across tumor types and mutation categories; 3) Characterizing subclonal structures and patterns of genome evolution across cancers; 4) Investigating relationships between germline and somatic mutations; 5) Investigating biological pathways targeted by driver mutations. 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. Non-immunogenic PET reporter imaging of HSC transplants and T cell immunotherapies [SY05-01]* Owen N. Witte, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. Cancer genome analysis in the cloud: Technical, ethical, and legal challenges Lincoln Stein, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:35 p.m. Fluorine-19 MRI cell tracking for immune cell detection and quantification in vivo Eric T. Ahrens, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 1:35 p.m. Investigation of germline genetic variation in 2,500 whole cancer genomes Jan Korbel, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany 1:55 p.m. Discussion 1:55 p.m. Discussion 2:00 p.m. Visualizing immune responses in cancer patients Jolanda de Vries, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2:00 p.m. Pathways and drivers in 2,000 cancer genomes Joshua M. Stuart, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 2:20 p.m. Discussion 2:20 p.m. Discussion 2:25 p.m. 2:25 p.m. Imaging of T cells in humans Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Structural variation in 2,000 cancer genomes Peter J. Campbell, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2:45 p.m. Discussion 2:45 p.m. Discussion 2:50 p.m. General Discussion 2:50 p.m. General Discussion *An extended abstract for this presentation is available in the Invited Abstracts section of the Proceedings (the abstract number is listed in brackets above). April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 219 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 220 MAJOR SYMPOSIUM Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom (300 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Tumor Heterogeneity: Targets and Mechanisms Chairperson: Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom Cancer heterogeneity is a driving force for tumor adaptation and therapeutic failure. Understanding mechanisms that precipitate intratumor heterogeneity and generating approaches that exploit cancer diversity are likely to contribute to future advances in hematological and solid tumor oncology. This session will review emerging data from functional genomics and cell biological studies that shed light on drivers of numerical and structural chromosomal instability and the impact of genome doubling events upon cancer evolution. Evidence will be presented for the activity of specific mutational processes during cancer progression and their impact upon the origin of driver events during tumor evolution. This session will review emerging therapeutic approaches that exploit cancer diversity through vaccine development and immune surveillance. 1:00 p.m. Introduction 1:10 p.m. New targets in combination cancer immunotherapies [SY07-01]* Mark J. Smyth, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Australia 1:30 p.m. Discussion 1:35 p.m. Identifying drivers of cancer diversity Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom 1:55 p.m. Discussion 2:00 p.m. Mechanisms of numerical and structural chromosomal instability: A driving force for cancer heterogeneity René H. Medema, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2:20 p.m. Discussion 2:25 p.m. The evolutionary landscape of CLL: Therapeutic implications [SY07-04]* Catherine J. Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 2:45 p.m. Discussion 2:50 p.m. General Discussion *An extended abstract for this presentation is available in the Invited Abstracts section of the Proceedings (the abstract number is listed in brackets above). 220 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 221 PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Regency Ballroom A-B (Second Floor), Loews Philadelphia Hotel Careers in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries Organized by the Associate Member Council (AMC) Attendees will learn from senior leaders of major biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies about the mission of and career opportunities in industry. Early-career scientists will also hear from a panel of biomedical PhDs and MDs in the field who will provide diverse perspectives on the research environment, career trajectories, and hiring process for transitioning into a career in industry. Following the lectures and panel discussion, the session will conclude with a 30-minute networking activity with invited industry scientists and representatives. The Associate Member Council organizes several Professional Advancement Sessions aimed specifically toward the professional needs of graduate students, medical students and residents, and clinical and postdoctoral fellows. Each year the topics change to cover a broad range of interests relevant to early-career scientists. For AACR members, all 2015 Professional Advancement Sessions are free with your Annual Meeting registration (except for $45 for the Grant Writing Workshop) and are an added benefit of your membership. For nonmembers, there is an additional fee of $50 ($95 for the Grant Writing Workshop) for attendance at each session. If you are not an AACR member, we strongly encourage you to join and take advantage of the many benefits of membership, which include attendance at these sessions. Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis, and space is limited. Nonmembers are required to pay on site. #AACRcareer Why you should consider a career in industry Ira Mellman, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA How to start your career in industry Victoria M. Richon, Sanofi Oncology, Wellesley Hills, MA Panelists: Steven D. Averbuch, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Princeton, NJ Roy D. Baynes, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ Valeria R. Fantin, Pfizer, Inc., San Diego, CA Susan M. Galbraith, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, United Kingdom Axel Hoos, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals and The Sabin Vaccine Institute, Collegeville, PA April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 221 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 222 RECENT ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 114, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 113, Pennsylvania Convention Center Biomarkers of Antiangiogenic Therapy: Are We Lost in Translation? Genomic Investigations in Childhood Cancers Chairperson: Diether Lambrechts, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Antiangiogenic therapies have been proven to slow metastatic disease progression in patients with cancer. Although they have changed clinical practice, some patients do not respond or gradually develop resistance, resulting in rather modest gains in terms of overall survival. A major challenge is to develop robust biomarkers that can guide selection of those patients for whom antiangiogenic therapy is most beneficial. In this session, we will discuss recent progress in identifying such markers, including potential circulating plasma markers, as well as novel (epi)genetic and imaging biomarkers. Finally, we will also focus on novel insights underlying resistance to antiangiogenesis, and how these may offer new strategies and opportunities to overcome resistance to antiangiogenic therapy. 1:00 p.m. Personalized antiangiogenic therapy: Insights, strategies, and opportunities Lee M. Ellis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:25 p.m. The quest for predictive markers of antiangiogenic therapy in the age of molecular classification of disease Priti S. Hegde, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 1:45 p.m. Discussion 1:50 p.m. Genetic and epigenetic markers predictive of antiangiogenic treatment outcome Diether Lambrechts, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2:10 p.m. Discussion 2:15 p.m. Insights from imaging biomarkers of antiangiogenic therapy Rakesh K. Jain, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 2:35 p.m. Discussion 2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion 222 Chairperson: Olivier Delattre, Institut Curie, Paris, France Genomic investigations have radically transformed the field of pediatric oncology. They provide new clues to decipher the molecular mechanisms of tumor development and new biomarkers that can be tested in a clinical setting. The long thought inter- and intratumor heterogeneity of neuroblastoma, brain tumors, and sarcoma can now be documented on precise genetic bases. The contributions of divergent subclones in the dynamics and plasticity of the tumor ecosystem can be addressed. Germline genetic analyses have also considerably increased our knowledge of the individual susceptibility to develop these cancers. The challenge ahead is now to use this new information to improve the management of patients and to propose and implement new strategies for diagnosis, follow up, and treatment. 1:00 p.m. Translating genomic landscapes into better treatments: Opportunities and challenges in neuroblastoma John M. Maris, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:25 p.m. Implication of omics data for the treatment of childhood tumors Peter Lichter, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany 1:45 p.m. Discussion 1:50 p.m. Harnessing genomics for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment selection in the pediatric oncology unit Katherine A. Janeway, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 2:10 p.m. Discussion 2:15 p.m. “Liaisons dangereuses” between germline and somatic variations in Ewing sarcoma Olivier Delattre, Institut Curie, Paris, France 2:35 p.m. Discussion 2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 223 Room 118, Pennsylvania Convention Center Phenotypic Screening for Optimizing Cancer Therapy Chairperson: Mark E. Burkard, University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, WI Phenotypic screens simultaneously discover novel drug leads and targets that elicit a desired biological effect. These screens can yield seminal advances without requiring prior detailed mechanistic knowledge. However, phenotypic screens also pose the challenge of identifying molecular targets and unraveling mechanism. This session will provide an overview of how screening for phenotypes can advance knowledge of cancer biology, discover drug targets, and improve treatment of cancer. 1:00 p.m. The impact of phenotypic screens in cancer therapy Mark E. Burkard, University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, WI 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:25 p.m. Multidimensional profiling of small molecules in cancer drug discovery Brent R. Stockwell, Columbia University, New York, NY 1:45 p.m. Discussion 1:50 p.m. Zebrafish screens and novel strategies for drug target identification Alejandro Gutierrez, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 2:10 p.m. Discussion 2:15 p.m. Systematic mapping of signaling pathways controlling anticancer drug responses Kris C. Wood, Duke University, Durham, NC 2:35 p.m. Discussion 2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 223 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 224 RECENT ADVANCES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION RESEARCH Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 121, Pennsylvania Convention Center Cancer Immunoprevention Chairperson: Olivera J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Most immune-based approaches to dealing with the cancer epidemic, including vaccines, have focused on people who have already developed cancer. Vaccines against cancer causing viruses have had great successes in preventing cancer by targeting viral antigens. Non-viral cancers also express antigens that trigger immune responses and testing vaccines against these antigens to prevent cancer occurrence or progression has become possible. This session will review ongoing efforts to prevent both viral and non-viral cancers by vaccinating individuals at risk. A combination of animal and human studies will be presented with special emphases on targeting antigens present on premalignant lesions. 1:00 p.m. Vaccines targeting antigens expressed in preinvasive lesions Mary L. Disis, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:25 p.m. New strategies to use a clinically effective cancer vaccine in a prophylactic setting Sjoerd H. Van Der Burg, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 1:45 p.m. Discussion 1:50 p.m. Breast cancer vaccines: Opportunities for prevention Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 2:10 p.m. Discussion 2:15 p.m. Prophylactic cancer vaccines targeting human tumor associated antigens Olivera J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 2:35 p.m. Discussion 2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion 224 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 225 RECENT ADVANCES IN ORGAN SITE RESEARCH Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 108, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 119, Pennsylvania Convention Center New Insights in Estrogen Receptor Biology and Implications for Treatment New Insights into the Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in Melanoma Chairperson: John A. Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL Chairperson: Adele C. Green, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia Cancer is characterized by marked changes in the patterns of gene expression arising from alterations in signaling pathways and changes in transcription factor binding and activity. This symposium will cover various approaches taken to understand in what ways estrogen receptor (ER) activity and ER itself are altered in breast cancers. It will also explore how a better understanding of these changes might lead to improved endocrine therapy agents targeting ER or other components of its signaling pathway. The presentations will cover how the genomic activity of ER is altered in breast cancers, how ER mutations in recurrent disease can defeat current endocrine therapies, how the transcriptional activity of ER might be regulated by targeting coregulators, and how positron emission tomographic imaging of ER levels and ER function might improve the selection of patients most likely to benefit from endocrine therapies. This session pulls together a diversity of recent evidence about UV radiation as the main causal agent for melanoma. Starting with an overview of the evidence from human populations, we then consider the specific mechanisms involved in melanoma’s pathogenesis. We show how mouse models and next-generation sequencing are being used to investigate UV-driven melanomagenesis. We next look at how UV affects the balance between antitumor immunity and protumorigenic inflammatory responses in the skin microenvironment, focusing on the neutrophil’s ability to promote melanoma-endothelial cell interactions. Finally we discuss the interrelationships between the skin, melanin synthetic pathways, and UV radiation that underlie melanoma risk, with insights from genetically defined models and measures ranging from the molecular to the behavioral. 1:00 p.m. Understanding the genomic properties of estrogen receptor activity in breast cancer Jason Carroll, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:25 p.m. Biologic and clinical significance of estrogen receptor mutations in cancer Sarat Chandarlapaty, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 1:45 p.m. Discussion 1:50 p.m. Mechanisms and therapy potential for transcriptional coactivators David M. Lonard, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 2:10 p.m. Discussion 2:15 p.m. PET imaging of breast cancers to predict patient benefit from endocrine therapies John A. Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 2:35 p.m. Discussion 2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 1:00 p.m. Epidemiologic evidence of the causal association between UV radiation and melanoma Adele C. Green, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:25 p.m. How ultraviolet radiation drives melanomagenesis Richard M. Marais, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom 1:45 p.m. Discussion 1:50 p.m. UV irradiation, immunity, and inflammation in melanoma pathogenesis Thomas Tüting, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany 2:10 p.m. Discussion 2:15 p.m. Cutaneous UV and pigmentation pathways and their effects on melanoma risk David E. Fisher, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 2:35 p.m. Discussion 2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion 225 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 226 REGULATORY SCIENCE AND POLICY SESSION Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Room 122, Pennsylvania Convention Center The Role of Neoadjuvant Treatment in Drug Development for Solid Tumors Co-Chairpersons: Marc Theoret, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; Tatiana M. Prowell, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD Clinical evidence supports the use of neoadjuvant treatment in high-risk early-stage breast cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently finalized guidance on "Pathological Complete Response in Neoadjuvant Treatment of High-Risk Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Use as an Endpoint to Support Accelerated Approval," and further has granted accelerated approval to pertuzumab for neoadjuvant treatment of early-stage breast cancer. This session will explore the potential for drug development and approval in the neoadjuvant setting in other solid tumors, namely melanoma and bladder cancer. Speakers will discuss the scientific, clinical, and regulatory considerations for use of the neoadjuvant pathway in drug development, as well as lessons that can be learned from the neoadjuvant breast cancer setting that may be applicable to other solid tumors. A panel discussion moderated by Tatiana Prowell, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Marc Theoret, Food and Drug Administration, and audience Q and A will follow the presentations. Speakers: Marc Theoret, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD Tatiana M. Prowell, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD Renzo Canetta, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Wallingford, CT Paul B. Chapman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Robert Dreicer, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA Caitlin Riley, Cancer Survivor and Patient Advocate, Washington, DC 226 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 1 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Cell Death Mechanisms Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 1 Noxa and ceramide: Crosstalk between Bcl-2 family members and ceramide in mediating intrinsic apoptosis in Molt-4 human T-cell leukemia. Hadile Kobeissy, Rouba Hage-Sleiman, Ghassan Dbaibo. 2. 2 Phosphorylation of BNIP3 is a switch between life and death in cancer cells. William Frazier, Katherine Liu, Julie Dimitry, Benjamin Capoccia, Pamela Manning, Robert Karr. 3. 3 Mechanistic rationale for MCL1 inhibition during androgen deprivation therapy. Frédéric R. Santer, Holger H. Erb, Su Jung Oh, Florian Handle, Gertrud E. Feiersinger, Birgit Luef, Huajie Bu, Georg Schäfer, Christian Ploner, Martina Egger, Jayant K. Rane, Norman J. Maitland, Helmut Klocker, Iris E. Eder, Zoran Culig. 4. 4 ABT-263 is effective in a subset of non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. Aoi Kuroda, Keiko Ohgino, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Junko Hamamoto, Daisuke Arai, Kota Ishioka, Tetsuo Tani, Shigenari Nukaga, Ichiro Kawada, Katsuhiko Naoki, Kenzo Soejima, Tomoko Betsuyaku. 5. 6. 5 Mcl-1-mediated resistance to ABT-263 is combated by mTOR inhibition in luminal breast cancers. Michelle M. Williams, Linus Lee, Violeta Sanchez, Meghan M. Morrison, Donna Hicks, Rebecca S. Cook. 6 Quantitative assessment of BCL-2:BIM complexes as a pharmacodynamic marker for venetoclax (ABT-199). Sha Jin, Paul Tapang, Donald J. Osterling, Wenqing Gao, Daniel H. Albert, Andrew J. Souers, Joel D. Leverson, Darren C. Phillips, Jun Chen. Poster Board Abstract Number 17. 17 Xiap over-expression is a poor prognostic marker in breast cancer and can be targeted to induce efficient apoptosis. Azhar R. Hussain, Maqbool Ahmed, Rong Bu, Shaham Beg, Alanood M. Alrashed, Roxanne Melosantos, Dahish S. Ajarim, Shahab Uddin, Khawla S. AlKuraya. 18. 18 Prohibitin 1 regulates apoptosis via its interaction with XIAP. Yingjie Xu, Wen Yang, Virginia Guarani, Jinjun Shi, J. Wade Harper, Bruce R. Zetter. 19. 19 Antitumor activity of selective inhibitors of XPO1/ CRM1-mediated nuclear export in diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: the role of survivin. Nadia Zaffaroni, Michelandrea De Cesare, Denis Cominetti, Valentina Doldi, Alessia Lopergolo, Marcello Deraco, Paolo Gandellini, Yosef Landesman, Sharon Friedlander, Michael G. Kauffman, Sharon Shacham, Marzia Pennati. 20. 20 Honokiol radiosensitizes squamous cells carcinoma of head and neck by down-regulation of survivin. Xu Wang, Jonathan J. Beitler, Wen Huang, Guoqing Qian, Kelly Magliocca, Jun Zhang, Sreenivas Nannapaneni, Sungjin Kim, Zhengjia Chen, Saba F. Nabil, Zhuo G. Chen, Jack L. Arbiser, Dong M. Shin. 21. 21 TWIST1 is required for suppression of apoptosis in oncogene driven non-small cell lung carcinoma. Zachary A. Yochum, Jessica A. Cades, Lucia Mazacurati, Sarah Chatley, Phuoc T. Tran, Timothy F. Burns. 22. 22 Genetic re-programming of the acute myeloid leukemia cell line HL-60: Regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation, and programmed cell death. Michael Roberts, Cassandra Holbert, Mansoor Ghoto, Juliana Schneider, Abigail Marriott, Jeffrey Forrester. 7. 7 PARP and Bcl-2 co-inhibition in small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Janaya Shelly, Robert J. Cardnell, Fatemeh Masrorpour, Lixia Diao, Jing Wang, Lauren Byers. 23. 8. 8 Differential roles of OCT3/4, SOX2 and NANOG for constitutive high NOXA expression levels in embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells. Christine Bayha, Matthias Gutekunst, Walter E. Aulitzky, Heiko van der Kuip. 23 Nuclear receptor PPAR␣ activation triggers hepatic cell death in Ikk-deficient mice. Jung-Hwan Kim, Taehyeong Kim, Aijuan Qu, Frank J. Gonzalez. 24. 11 Molecular mechanisms of inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Yoosoo Yang, EunJung Lee, In-San Kim. 24 The phosphorylation of p53 at serine 46 is essential to induce cell death through palmdelphin in response to DNA damage. Nurmaa K. Dashzeveg, Kiyotsugu Yoshida. 25. 12. 12 Bclxl is a key regulator of mitochondria-induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer stem cells. Ayesha B. Alvero, Mary Pitruzello, Michele Montagna, Eydis Lima, Gil Mor. 25 Loss of interferon-induced transmembrane protein 1 enhances estrogen-induced cell death in AI-resistant breast cancer cells. Hye Joung Choi, Joan Lewis-Wambi. 26. 13. 13 Biophysical evidence for the existence of a functional interaction between the small GTPase Rac-1 and the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. Jia Kang, Shani Ajumal, Kunchithapadam Swaminathan, Shazib Pervaiz. 26 Suppression of E-cadherin mediates gallotannin-induced apoptosis in Hep G2 hepatocelluar carcinoma cells. Hee Young Kwon, Ji Hoon Jung, Hyun Joo Lee, Myoung Seok Jeong, DeokBeom Jung, Bonglee Kim, Hyemin Lee, Sung-Hoon Kim. 27. 14. 14 Nucleolin phosphorylation by CK2 is important for its role in regulating apoptosis. Esther Akinwunmi, Shu Xiao, Yuqi Guo, Xin Li, Anjana D. Saxena. 27 The role of the mTORC2-dependent regulation of FOXO3a in UVB-induced apoptosis. Robert P. Feehan, Lisa M. Shantz. 28. 15. 15 gp78 is a negative regulator of TRAIL-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Jennifer L. Dine, Sireesha V. Garimella, Kristie Gehlhaus, Magda Grandin, Daniel Letwin, Natasha Caplen, Stanley Lipkowitz. 28 Deregulation of NAC complex inhibits muscle differentiation and blocks apoptosis in rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Meiling Zhang, Judith Davie. 29. 29 Potent curcumin analog FLLL12 induces apoptosis in lung cancer cells through death receptor-5-dependent pathway. Abedul Haque, Mohammad A. Rahman, James R. Fuchs, Zhuo G. Chen, Fadlo R. Khuri, Dong M. Shin, A. R. M. R. Amin. 11. 16. 16 Combination simvastatin and metformin induces G1phase cell cycle arrest and Ripk1- and Ripk3-dependent necroptosis in C4-2B osseous metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer cells. Melissa A. Babcook, R. Michael Sramkoski, Hisashi Fujioka, Firouz Daneshgari, Alexandru Almasan, Sanjeev Shukla, Sanjay Gupta. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 1 1 227 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 2 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 2 2 Cell Signaling in Cancer 1 (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 228 Abstract Number 30 Medi3622, a monoclonal antibody to ADAM17, inhibits tumor growth by inhibiting EGFR- and non-EGFRmediated pathways. Darrin Sabol, Jonathan RiosDoria, Jon Chesebrough, David Stewart, Kevin Schifferli, Raymond Rothstein, Ching Ching Leow, Jenny Heidbrink-Thompson, Li Cheng, Qun Du, Linda Xu, Xiaofang Jin, Ravinder Tammali, Chanshou Gao, Jay Friedman, Brandy Wilkinson, Melissa Damschroder, Andrew Pierce, MunMun Patnaik, Rong Zeng, Yuling Wu, Susan Spitz, Gabriel Robbie, Lorin Roskos, Robert Hollingsworth, David Tice, Emil Michelotti. 31 WEE1 kinase inhibition enhances PI3K inhibitor response in p53 deficient gliomas. Shaofang Wu, Siyuan Zheng, Shuzhen Wang, W. K. Alfred Yung, Dimpy Koul. 32 The role of Lrig1 signaling in mammary gland development and tumorigenesis. Catalina Simion, Qian J. Chen, Charles L. Wilkerson, Hanine Rafidi, Alexander D. Borowsky, Colleen Sweeney. 33 Mammary gland-specific deletion of Sirt1 delays mammary tumor growth and progression. Sabarish Ramachandran, Rajneesh Pathania, Selvakumar Elangovan, Ganapathy Vadivel, Muthusamy Thangaraju. 34 AMH and AMHR2 regulate survival signaling, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and resistance to HSP90 inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tim Beck, Emmanuelle Nicolas, Yan Zhou, Ilya Serebriiskii, Erica Golemis. 35 Diacylglycerol kinase zeta-mediated regulation of mTOR and SREBP-1 offers new opportunities for cancer management. PEDRO Torres-Ayuso, David Jones, Maria Tello-Lafoz, Antonia Avila-Flores, Isabel Merida. 36 Cross-talk of the cytokine pathways in cancer progression. Andrei V. Bakin, Michelle Limoge, Amy Beattie. 37 Role and regulation of CYP24A1 in endometrial cancer. Amber A. Bokhari, Laura R. Lee, Raboteau Dewayne, Chad A. Hamilton, George L. Maxwell, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Viqar Syed. 38 ERK5 inhibitor XMD8-92 for malignant mesothelioma treatment: A preclinical study. Arti Shukla, Joyce Thompson, Anurag Shukla, Alan Leggett, Maximilian MacPherson, Stacie Beuschel. 39 Fibroblast growth factor induces neoplastic cell transformation through a non-canonical signaling pathway. Sun-Mi Yoo, Cheol-Jung Lee, Mee-Hyun Lee, YongYeon Cho. 40 HB-EGFmediated CITED4 signaling in lung cancer. Cheng-Han Hsieh, Yu-Ting Chou, Cheng-Wen Wu. 41 The Wnt3a targetome in triple-negative breast cancer cell lines. Sylvie Maubant, Bruno Tesson, Virginie Maire, Mengliang Ye, Guillem Rigaill, David Gentien, Francisco Cruzalegui, Gordon C. Tucker, Sergio Roman-Roman, Thierry Dubois. 42 The NF-B/MDM2 pathway is engaged in activin/ PI3 kinase induced degradation of p21 in colon cancer cells. Arundhati Jana, Seung Hyua Baik, Timothy Carroll, Ozkan Ozden, Nancy L. Krett, Barbara Jung. 43 The role of discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) and its relationship with procollagen alpha 1 type 1(Col1A1) in malignant glioma. Shumei Chen, Chunjing Wu, Ying Ying Li, Medhi Wangpaichitr, Lynn G. Feun, Ronald Benveniste, Vy Dinh, Niramol Savaraj. 44 EGFR and Dock180 activate MLK3 to drive invasion of glioblastoma cells. Sean A. Misek, Jian Chen, Kathleen A. Gallo. 45 TRAF2 phosphorylation regulates CD40 signaling and B cell lymphoma progression. Hasem Habelhah, Lauren Workman, Laiqun Zhang. Poster Board 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 46 XPC inhibits NSCLC cell proliferation and migration by enhancing E-cadherin expression. Tiantian Cui, Amit K. Srivastava, Chunhua Han, Ran Zhao, Linlin Yang, Ning Zou, Meihua Qu, Wenrui Duan, Xiaoli Zhang, Weiqiang Zhao, Qi-En Wang. 47 KRAS-mutation dependent effect of zoledronic acid in human NSCLC preclinical models. István Kenessey, Krisztina Kói, Mihály Cserepes, Judit Dobos, Balázs Hegedűs, József Tóvári, József Tímár. 48 Identification of a novel binding protein playing a critical role in HER2 activation in lung cancer cells. Tomoaki Ohtsuka, Masakiyo Sakaguchi, Katsuyoshi Takata, Shinsuke Hashida, Mototsugu Watanabe, Ken Suzawa, Yuho Maki, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Junichi Soh, Hiroaki Asano, Kazunori Tsukuda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Shinichi Toyooka. 49 Interaction of the protein kinase C-related kinases with the TP␣ and TP isoforms of the T prostanoid receptor: role in thromboxane-induced neoplastic responses. Eamon P. Mulvaney, Aine G. O’Sullivan, B T. Kinsella. 50 Elucidation of B cell receptor signaling in Burkitt’s lymphoma reveals novel signaling nodes with potential therapeutic relevance. Carmen Doebele, Jasmin Corso, Anjali Cremer, Silvia Muench, Julia Beck, Christof Lenz, Hanibal Bohnenberger, Astrid Wachter, Tim Beissbarth, Ekkehard Schütz, Hubert Serve, Henning Urlaub, Thomas Oellerich. 51 The codon 72 polymorphism in p53 is a gain-offunction alteration leading to activation of map kinase signaling and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in colon cancer. Venkat Katkoori, Lashmishankar Chaturvedi, Marc D. Basson, Upender Manne, Harvey L. Bumpers. 52 Glycogen synthase kinase inhibition associated with Notch-1 reduction in cholangiocarcinoma. Kevin M. Sokolowski, Selvi Kunnimalaiyaan, T Clark Gamblin, Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan. 53 Interplay among E3 ubiquitin ligases regulate timely degradation of the circadian factor Period 2. Carla V. Finkielstein, jingjing liu. 54 Ezrin enhances signaling and nuclear translocation of the epidermal growth factor receptor in non-small cell lung cancer cells. Yasemin Saygideger Kont, Haydar Celik, Hayriye V. Erkizan, Tsion Minas, Jenny Han, Jeffrey Toretsky, Aykut Uren. 55 Over-expression of FoxM1 in breast cancer can be therapeutically targeted using thiostrepton. Maqbool Ahmed, Azhar Hussain, Rafiya Begum, Saravanan Thangavel, Dahish S. Ajarim, Shaham Beg, Shahab Uddin, Khawla S. AlKuraya. 56 Receptor-Interacting protein kinase 1 functions as an oncogenic regulator in human melanoma. Lei Jin, Xiao Ying Liu, Fritz Lai, Xu Guang Yan, Chen Chen Jiang, Su Tang Guo, Chun Yan Wang, Amanda Croft, Hsin-Yi Tseng, James S. Wilmott, Richard A. Scolyer, Xu Dong Zhang. 57 Substrates of protein kinase C drive cell rac1dependent motility. Susan A. Rotenberg, Xin Zhao, Shatarupa De. 58 5-HT promotes hepatocellular carcinoma by influencing -catenin. Sarwat Fatima, Shi Xiaoki, Lin Zesie, Chen Guo, John W. Ho, Nikki P. Lee, Xiang Bian Zhao. 59 Rhodiola Crenulata differentially regulates ER activity over time in MCF7 breast cancer cell lines by regulating -catenin activity. Lotfi M. Bassa, Sallie S. Schneider. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 3 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Computational Tools / Genomic Profiling of Tumors (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 60 Genotranscriptomic meta-analysis of centromere protein A (CENPA): An essential role in human cancer progression. Xia Sun, Sifeng Qu. 2. 61 Sequence and structure-guided approach to identify functional mutations in G-protein coupled receptors. Sohini Sengupta, Kai Ye, Adam D. Scott, Beifang Niu, Matthew H. Bailey, Michael D. McLellan, Michael C. Wendl, Matthew A. Wyczalkowski, Li Ding. 3. 62 COSMIC: Combining the world’s knowledge of somatic mutation in human cancer. Simon A. Forbes, Dave Beare, Prasad Gunasekaran, Kenric Leung, Charambulos Boutselakis, Minjie Ding, Mingming Jia, Tisham De, Nidhi Bindal, Chai Yin Kok, Sally Bamford, Sari Ward, Charlotte Cole, Jon Teague, Michael R. Stratton, Peter J. Campbell. 4. 63 Alview (ALignment VIEWer): A software tool to visualize next generation sequencing (NGS) data. Daoud Meerzaman, Richard Finney, Qing-Rong Chen, Cu Nguyen, Chih Hao Hsu, Barbra Dunn. 5. 64 Targeting immune checkpoints: using a big data approach for their identification, prioritization and application. Sheetal Kaw, Sanatan Upmanyu, Himani Sharma, Krishnan Nandabalan. 6. 65 An integrated bioinformatics approach for identifying patient-specific gene networks and novel therapeutic targets in glioblastoma. Vasileios Stathias, Chiara Pastori, Ricardo Komotar, Ming Zhang, Stephan Schürer, Jennifer Clarke, Nagi G. Ayad. 7. 66 CD99 functional analysis in glioblastoma by RNAseq. Sueli M. Oba-Shinjo, Lais C. Cardoso, Roseli D. Silva, Antonio M. Lerario, Miyuki Uno, Suely S. Marie. 8. 67 Genomic and mutational profiling of human colon adenomas reveals early driver mutations and a TGF-CEA regulated profile. Vipin K. Menon, Raju S. Gottumukkala, Jian Chen, Xiaoping Su, Nipun Mistry, Avijit Majumdar, Ji-Hyun Shin, Shulin Li, Kirti Shetty, Xifeng Wu, Brian Weston, Ethan Miller, John R. Stroehlein, Marta L. Davila, Mehnaz A. Shafi, Asif Rashid, Bhaskar V. Kallakury, Selvi Thirumurthi, John S. McMurray, Sue-Hwa Lin, Wilma Jogunoori, Lopa Mishra. 9. 10. 68 Exomic landscape of uterine leiomyosarcomas. Netta Mäkinen, Tuomas Heikkinen, Mervi Aavikko, Ralf Bützow, Pia Vahteristo. Poster Board Abstract Number 11. 70 Targeted sequencing analyses of uterine and ovarian carcinosarcoma. Seiichi Mori, Osamu Gotoh, Sayuri Amino, Megumi Nakai, Yutaka Takazawa, Yuko Sugiyama, Tetsuo Noda. 12. 71 Epigenetic control of signature gene expression in the inducible differentiation of acute promyelocytic leukemia cells. Chunhua Song, Xiaokang Pan, Zhanjun Li, Yali Ding, Sunil Mudhusami, Chandrika Gowda, Zheng Ge, Sadie Steffens, Bi-hua Tan, Sinisa Dovat. 13. 72 Comprehensive dissection of genomic signature of acute myeloid leukemia: crosstalk between germline variants and somatic mutations. Daeyoon Kim, Chansu Lee, Kwang-Sung Ahn, Youngil Koh, Sung-Soo Yoon. 14. 73 Targeting KDR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma. Susan M. Mockus, Christopher S. Potter, Grace A. Stafford, Guruprasad Ananda, Douglas Hinerfeld, Gregory J. Tsongalis. 15. 74 Establishment and characterization of the new sacral chordoma cell line Chor-IN-1. Paola Magnaghi, Roberta Bosotti, Nadia Amboldi, Liviana Cozzi, Alessio Somaschini, Silvia Stacchiotti, Fabio Bozzi, Elena Tamborini, Elena Conca, Silvana Pilotti, Marco A. Pierotti, Sebastiano Di Bella, Carlo Cusi, Dario Ballinari, Arturo Galvani, Barbara Salom, Antonella Isacchi. 16. 75 Patient-specific genomic profiling for advanced cancers in young adults. Soojin Cha, Jeongeun Lee, JongYeon Shin, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jong-Il Kim, Se-Hoon Lee. 17. 76 Molecular profiling of AML patient derived xenograft models with deep sequencing using a 109 AML associated gene panel and a 409 gene comprehensive cancer panel. Stephen Huang, Paul Lira, Kai Wang, Cathy Zhang, Amy Jackson-Fisher, Keith Ching, Paul Rejto. 18. 77 Genomic characterization of aggressive subtype of neuroblastoma without MYCN amplification. Miki Ohira, Kenji Tatsuno, Shuichi Tsutsumi, Shogo Yamamoto, Yohko Nakamura, Takehiko Kamijo, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Akira Nakagawara. 19. 78 Targeted next-generation resequencing in pediatric osteosarcoma patients. Shintaro Iwata, Yasutoshi Tatsumi, Tsukasa Yonemoto, Hiroki Nagase, Hiroto Kamoda, Takeshi Ishii, Miki Ohira. Poster :LJ[PVU 3 3 69 Identification of rare and novel alleles in FFPE tumor samples using laser capture microdissection (LCM) and Ampliseq™ sequencing technologies. Stephen Jackson, Paul Choppa, Kulvinda Kulvar, Kristin Schmidt. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 229 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 4 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 4 4 Deregulation of Gene Expression in Prostate Cancer and Sarcoma (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 79 An androgen response element-based reporter assay for the detection of androgen receptor activity in prostate cells. Waqas Azeem, Margrete R. Hellem, Jan R. Olsen, Yaping Hua, Kristo Marvyin, Lisha Li, Yi Qu, Biaoyang Lin, Xisong Ke, Anne M. Oyan, Karl-Henning Kalland. 2. 80 Analysis of the regulation of angiogenesis pathway by inhibiting MDM2 function in LNCaP-MST prostate cancer cells using PCR array. Ali Alaseem, Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Khalid Alhazzani, Appu Rathinavelu. 3. 81 Effect of HSP90 inhibition on the gene expression profile of MDM2 transfected LNCaP-MST prostate cancer cells. Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Ali Alaseem, Khalid Alhazzani, Appu Rathinavelu. 4. 5. 230 Abstract Number 82 Analysis of the role of MDM2 in regulation of cell cycle arrest through p21 pathways in LNCaP-MST cells using PCR array. Khalid Alhazzani, Ali Alaseem, Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Appu Rathinavelu. 83 Comparison of surface-directed and classic androgen receptor antagonists. Ji Ho Suh, Arundhati Chattopadhyay, Douglas H. Sieglaff, Cheryl L. Storer, Marc B. Cox, Paul Webb. 6. 84 Oncogenic activity of miRNA 650 in prostate cancer is mediated by suppression of CSR1 expression. Ze-Hua Zuo, Yan P. Yu, Jian-Hua Luo. 7. 85 CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta facilitates castrate-resistant prostate cancer cell growth and sensitivity to mTOR inhibitors. David J. Barakat, Jing Zhang, Alan D. Friedman, Samuel R. Denmeade, Ido Paz-Priel. Poster Board Abstract Number 8. 86 Live-cell profiling of inhibitors targeting the N/C interaction within the androgen receptor. Larisa Yurlova, Andrea Buchfellner, Jacqueline Gregor, Tina Romer, Ian Hickson. 9. 87 Targeting androgen receptor acetylation as a treatment for castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Erin Heine, Diane E. Merry, Scott Dehm, Karen E. Knudsen, Heather L. Montie. 10. 88 The Nkx3.1 homeobox gene maintains prostatic identity while its loss leads to prostate cancer initiation. Clémentine Le Magnen, Aditya Dutta, Cory Abate-Shen. 11. 89 Pin1 suppresses androgen receptor activity. Travis Van der Steen, Haojie Huang, Donald Tindall. 12. 90 K63-linked JARID1B ubiquitination by TRAF6 contributes to aberrant elevation of JARID1B in prostate cancer. Wenfu Lu, Shenji Liu, Bo Li, Yingqiu Xie, Christine Adhiambo, Qing Yang, Billy R. Ballard, Keiichi I. Nakayama, Robert J. Matusik, Zhenbang Chen. 13. 91 NF-B as a prognostic marker and therapeutic target in prostate cancer. Eugene Vykhovanets, Eswar Shankar, Sanjeev Shukla, Olena Vykhovanets, Gregory T. MacLennan, Sanjay Gupta. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 5 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Histone Methylation and Acetylation Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 92 Epigenetic inhibitors targeting colon cancer stem cells. Yufeng Chen. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. Poster Board Abstract Number 14. 93 Universal homogenous bioluminescent assay that monitor the activity various classes of methyltransferases in vitro. Kevin Hsiao, Said Goueli. 105 A rational approach for the discovery of inhibitors of NSD2 for the treatment of cancer. Claudia Fromond, Xavier Espanel, Anne Soudé, Laurent Chene, Philippe Masson, Benaïssa Boubia, Christian Montalbetti, Pierre Broqua. 15. 94 Melatonin inhibits stemness of glioblastoma cancer stem-like cells via regulation of histone methylation. Hyemin Lee, Ji Hoon Jung, Hyun Joo Lee, Myoung Seok Jeong, Deok-Beom Jung, Hee Young Kwon, Sung-Hoon Kim. 106 Characterization of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) subunits retinoblastoma-binding protein 4 and 7 (RbBP4/7) in triple-negative breast cancer. Rebecca A. Reed, Miao-Chia Lo, Duxin Sun. 16. 96 Effect of LSD-1 inhibition on docetaxel resistance in prostate cancer cells. Sumati Gupta, Alexis Weston, Jared Bearrs, Raffaella Soldi, Sunil Sharma. 107 Critical role of lysine 134 methylation on histone H2AX for ␥-H2AX production and DNA repair. Ryuji Hamamoto, Kenbun Sone, Yusuka Nakamura. 17. 108 Inhibition of demethylase, JMJD3 sensitizes diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) to chemotherapy. Rohit Mathur, Lalit Sehgal, Zuzana Berkova, Sattva S. Neelapu, Felipe Samaniego. 18. 109 Y chromosome genes contribute to higher male bladder cancer incidence. Iawen Hsu, Reema Railkar, Quentin Li, Piyush Agarwal. 19. 110 The role of the p53 target Wig-1 in senescence and cancer. Fredrik Jerhammar, Cinzia Bersani, Dijana Djureinovic, Patrick Micke, Klas G. Wiman. 20. 111 Adaptation to histone deacetylase inhibitors induces switching of histone H3 lysine 27 modifications, reprograming of cancer cell gene expression, and attenuation of the malignant phenotype. Hsin-Ching Lin, Diana Vengsarkar, Elke Markert, Arnold B. Rabson. 21. 112 FTY720-P is a potent inhibitor of class I histone deacetylases that enhances histone acetylation, reactivates ER␣ expression, and increases hormonal therapeutic sensitivity of breast cancer. Nitai C. Hait, Dorit Avni, Akimitsu Yamada, Sheldon Milstien, Kazuaki Takabe, Sarah Spiegel. 97 CARM1 preferentially methylates H3R17 over H3R26 through a random kinetic mechanism. Suzanne L. Jacques, Katrina P. Aquino, Jodi Gureasko, P A. Boriack-Sjodin, Robert A. Copeland, Thomas V. Riera. 98 Genetic alterations of KDM4 subfamily and therapeutic effect of novel demethylase inhibitor in breast cancer. Andreana N. Holowatyj, Qin Ye, Jack Wu, Hui Liu, Lihong Zhang, Takayoshi Suzuki, Zeng-Quan Yang. 8. 99 Identification of G9a inhibitors by AlphaLisa™ technology and hit confirmation using MT-Glo™. Claudia Fromond, Xavier Espanel, Laurent Chene, Philippe Masson, Benaïssa Boubia, Christian Montalbetti, Pierre Broqua. 9. 100 PTEN regulates polycomb repressive EZH2 expression and its deficiency correlates with active transcription mark H3K4Me3. Abid Hamid, Mohammad Imran Khan, Vaqar M. Adhami, Hasan Mukhtar. 10. 101 WHSC1L1 as a therapeutic target in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Vassiliki Saloura, Theodore Vougiouklakis, Mark Lingen, Tanguy Seiwert, Everett Vokes, Yusuke Nakamura, Ryuji Hamamoto. 22. 11. 102 KDM5B plays a central role in esophageal cancer progression. Naohiro Nishida, Yoshihiro Kano, Jun Koseki, Masamitsu Konno, Koichi Kawamoto, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori, Hideshi Ishii. 113 Defining the metabolic regulation of epigenetics using chemical proteomics. Jordan L. Meier, David C. Montgomery, Alexander W. Sorum, Rhushikesh A. Kulkarni. 23. 103 Abundant expression of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 in small cell lung cancer. Yasutaka Watanabe, Nobuyuki Koyama, Yuki Iwai, Chihiro Miwa, Shinichiro Koyama. 114 Mass balance study of 14C- belinostat in patients with recurrent or progressive malignancy. Emiliano Calvo, Valentian Boni, Lina Garcia Canamaque, Guru Reddy, Jette Tjornelund, Tao Song, Mi Rim Choi, Lee F. Allen. 24. 115 SMYD2-mediated methylation regulates PTEN activity. Makoto Nakakido, Yusuke Nakamura, Ryuji Hamamoto. 25. 116 Targeting EZH2 catalytic independent functions in breast cancer. Keng Gat Lim. 26. 117 DOT1L is a human chromosome stability gene. Brent Guppy, Kirk McManus. 12. 13. 104 ATF7IP does not alter the substrate specificity of the lysine methyltransferase SETDB1. Aravind Basavapathruni, Jodi Gureasko, Margaret Porter Scott, P. Ann Boriack-Sjodin, Timothy J. Wigle, Thomas V. Riera, Robert A. Copeland. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 5 5 231 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 6 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 6 6 Kinases and Inhibitors (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 118 EGFL6, a potential novel ligand of EGFR, play roles in Nasopharyngeal cacinoma metastasis through establishing invasive and long-distant metastatic niche by paracrine and autocrine. Jinna Chen, Chen Jiang, Jing Yang, Ya-hui Yu, Lei Li, Yang-qun Xiang, Xinyuan Guan. 2. 119 Heteroactivation amongst TAM receptor tyrosine kinases and via EGFR in human glioma cells. Mikaella Vouri, Qian An, Geoffrey J. Pilkington, Sassan Hafizi. 3. 120 CRNDE, an EGFR-regulated long non-coding RNA, plays oncogenic role in glioma. Xiaoqin Zhang, Yan Yan Chan, Gilberto Ka-Kit Leung. 4. 121 The EGFR gatekeeper mutation T790M is present in selected patients with early breast cancer. Vahid Bemanian, Torill Sauer, Joel Touma, Bjørn A. Lindstedt, Ying Chen, Hilde P. Ødegård, Ida R. Bukholm, Jürgen Geisler. 5. 122 PARK2 is a negative regulator of Wnt and EGFR pathways in glioma. Liang Xu, De-Chen Lin, Ye Chen, Haiyan Yan, Masaharu Hazawa, Ngan Doan, Jonathan W. Said, LingWen Ding, Li-Zhen Liu, Henry Yang, Shi-zhu Yu, Michael Kahn, Dong Yin, Phillip Koeffler. 6. 7. 8. 9. 123 Mechanism of oncogenic signal activation by the novel fusion kinase FGFR3-BAIAP2L1. Yoshito Nakanishi, Nukinori Akiyama, Toshiyuki Tsukaguchi, Toshihiko Fujii, Yasuko Satoh, Hideaki Mizuno, Nobuya Ishii, Masahiro Aoki. 124 P21-activated protein kinase 1 high expression is a positive prognostic factor in human primary and metastatic pancreatic cancer. Shuqiang Yuan, Feng Wang, Han Juan, Hengying Pu, Zhiwei Zhou, Rui-hua Xu. 125 Protein kinase C loss-of-function mutations in cancer reveal role as tumor suppressor. Corina E. Antal, Andrew M. Hudson, Emily Kang, Ciro Zanca, Christopher Wirth, Natalie L. Stephenson, Eleanor W. Trotter, Lisa L. Gallegos, Crispin Miller, Frank Furnari, Tony Hunter, John Brognard, Alexandra C. Newton. Poster Board 127 Overexpression of neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinases (NTRKs) as a potential therapeutic target for cancer. Ge (Gina) Wei, Nicholas Cam, Roopal Patel, Robert Shoemaker, Robert Wild, Gang Li. 11. 128 Tyrosine 823 in the activation loop of c-Kit regulates the transforming capacity of the oncogenic mutant D816V and its sensitivity to kinase inhibitors. Shruti Agarwal, Julhash U. Kazi, Sofie Mohlin, Sven Påhlman, Lars Rönnstrand. 129 RAD17 loss of function is synthetically lethal with the checkpoint kinase inhibitors AZD7762 or MK-1775. John P. Shen, Rohith Srivas, Ana Bojorquez-Gomez, Katherine Licon, Vignesh Sivaganesh, Jia L. Xu, Huwate Yeerna, Andrew Gross, Jian Feng Li, Robert Sobol, Trey Ideker. Abstract Number 13. 130 PF-06463922, a novel next generation ALK/ROS1 inhibitor, overcomes resistance to 1st and 2nd generation ALK inhibitors in pre-clinical models. Luc Friboulet, Helen Zou, David P. Kodack, Lars D. Engstrom, Qiuhua Li, Melissa West, Ruth W. Tang, Hui Wang, Konstantinos Tsaparikos, Jinwei Wang, Sergei Timofeevski, Dac M. Dinh, Hieu Lam, Justine L. Lam, Shinji Yamazaki, Wenyue Hu, Bhushankumar Patel, Divya Bezwada, Sidra Mahmood, Eugene Lifshits, Timothy Affolter, Patrick B. Lappin, Hovhannes Gukasyan, Nathan Lee, Shibing Deng, Rakesh K. Jain, Ted W. Johnson, Alice T. Shaw, Valeria R. Fantin, Tod Smeal. 14. 131 ALK oncogene regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung carcinoma through repression of the epithelial splicing regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (ESRP1 and ESRP2). Claudia Voena, Lydia Varesio, Liye Zhang, Matteo Menotti, Teresa Poggio, Filomena Di Giacomo, Elena Panizza, Cristina Mastini, Mara Compagno, Stefano Monti, Roberto Chiarle. 15. 132 HER2 activating mutations are potential targets for colorectal cancer treatment. Shyam M. Kavuri, Naveen Jain, Francesco Galimi, Francesca Cottino, Adam C. Searleman, Wei Shen, Livio Trusolino, Samuel A. Jacobs, Andrea Bertotti, Ron Bose. 16. 133 Identification of a key region in the HER2 subdomain III required for transformation capability. Barbara Schroeder, Ghiara Lugo, Javier Menendez, Ingrid Espinoza, Ruth Lupu. 17. 134 CCN5 down regulates HER2/ neu expression in HER2 positive breast cancer cells. Sandipto Sarkar, Gargi Maity, Amlan Das, Monami Majumder, Snigdha Banerjee, Sushanta Banerjee. 18. 135 Associations between VEGF polymorphisms and clinical outcome in breast cancer. Jessica Furriol, Hanne E. Puntervoll, Gøril Knutsvik, Monica Mannelqvist, Sura Aziz, Elisabeth Wik, Lars A. Akslen. 19. 136 Evaluation of reversible BTK inhibitors in cell lines with clinically relevant Ibrutinib resistance mutations. Regina Wai-Yan Choy, Luciana Burton, Wendy Young, James J. Crawford, Elicia Penuel, Lisa D. Belmont. 20. 137 PAK1 modulates a PPAR␥/NF-B cascade in intestinal inflammation. Kyle Dammann, Vineeta Khare, Michaela Lang, Thierry Claudel, Felix Harpain, Nicolas Granofszky, Rayko Evstatiev, Jonathan M. Williams, D. Mark Pritchard, Alastair Watson, Christoph Gasche. 21. 138 Novel PAK4 allosteric modulators (PAMs) provide potential therapeutic options in human gastric cancer. Wenwen Chien, Jinfen Xiao, Ling-Wen Ding, Muhammad Ikhsan B. Muzakar, Qiao-Yang Sun, Sigal Gery, William Senapedis, Sharon Shacham, Erkan Baloglu, H. P. Koeffler. 22. 139 Activating ERBB4 mutations in non-small cell lung cancer. Kari J. Kurppa, Konstantin Denessiouk, Mark S. Johnson, Klaus Elenius. 23. 140 Oncogenic signaling by MET and other cabozantinib targets in cells derived from urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Young H. Lee, Tiffany K. Wong, Andrea B. Apolo, Piyush K. Agarwal, Donald P. Bottaro. 24. 141 MUC16/CA125 and Epithelial Growth Factor Receptor functionality in ovarian cancer. Amy Wang, Dharmarao Thapi, Nestor Rosales, Xiu J. Yan, David R. Spriggs. 126 PI3 kinase plays important role in c-Kit/V560D mediated oncogenic signaling. Jianmin Sun. 10. 12. 232 Abstract Number AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 7 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Long Non-Coding RNAs Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Abstract Number 142 SiRNA therapy against novel lncRNA NRCP: shutting down the fuel for cancer cells. Rajesha Rupaimole, Rebecca Previs, Jaehyuk Lee, Sunila Pradeep, Sherry Y. Wu, Cristina Ivan, Manuela Ferracin, Jennifer Dennison, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, George A. Calin, Gordon Mills, Wei Zhang, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Pratip Bhattacharya, Anil K. Sood. 143 A long non-coding RNA activated by TGF- can predict the prognosis of gastric cancer patients. Tomoko Saito, Junji Kurashige, Sho Nambara, Hisateru Komatsu, Hidenari Hirata, Masami Ueda, Shotaro Sakimura, Ryutaro Uchi, Yuki Takano, Yoshiaki Shinden, Tomohiro Iguchi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Keishi Sugimachi, Kazunari Murakami, Koshi Mimori. 144 CASC15 is a tumor suppressor lncRNA at the 6p22 neuroblastoma susceptibility locus. Mike R. Russell, Annalise Penikis, Derek Oldridge, Juan R. Alvarez-Dominguez, Lee McDaniel, Maura Diamond, Olivia Padovan, Pichai Raman, Yimei Li, Jun Wei, Shile Zhang, Janahan Gnanachandran, Robert Seeger, Shahab Asgharzadeh, Javed Khan, Sharon Diskin, John Maris, Kristina Cole. 145 HOTTIP, an oncogenic long non-coding RNA, is frequently up-regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and is negatively regulated by tumor suppressive microRNA miR125b. Felice H. Tsang, Sandy L. Au, Lai Wei, Dorothy N. Fan, Joyce M. Lee, Carmen C. Wong, Irene O. Ng, Chun-Ming Wong. 146 The long noncoding RNA MALAT1 promotes hypoxiadriven angiogenesis by upregulating pro-angiogenic gene expression in neuroblastoma cells. Andrew E. Tee, Peiyan Liu, Jesper Maag, Renhua Song, Jinyan Li, Belamy B. Cheung, Michelle Haber, Murray D. Norris, Glenn M. Marshall, Marcel Dinger, Tao Liu. 147 Epigenetic networks and promoter-associated long noncoding RNAs (paRNAs) in prostate cancer. Sara Napoli, Sarah Mapelli, Giuseppina Pisignano, Abhishek Mitra, Ramon GarciaEscudero, Giuseppina M. Carbone, Carlo V. Catapano. 148 Transcriptome sequencing reveals PCAT5 - new ERGregulated non-coding transcript in prostate cancer. Antti Ylipää, Kati Kivinummi, Matti Annala, Annika Kohvakka, Leena Latonen, Mauro Scaravilli, Kimmo Kartasalo, Simo-Pekka Leppänen, Serdar Karakurt, Janne Seppälä, Olli Yli-Harja, Teuvo L. Tammela, Wei Zhang, Tapio Visakorpi, Matti Nykter. 149 Overexpression of the long non-coding RNA PVT1 and its role in cervical carcinogenesis. Marissa Iden, Samantha Fye, Ramani Ramchandran, Janet S. Rader. 150 Long non-coding RNA are differentially expressed in breast cancer clinical subtypes. Surendra Kumar, Michael Seiler, Sunniva Bjørklund, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Vessela Kristensen, Gyan Bhanot, Shridar Ganesan. 151 Transcriptome-wide expression profiling of long noncoding and small nucleolar RNAs in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas identifies novel transcripts associated with survival. Thomas K. Honda, Angela Zou, Vicky Yu, Hao Zheng, Selena Kuo, Maarouf Saad, Yinan Xuan, Pranav Singh, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, Weg M. Ongkeko. 152 The long non-coding RNA HOTAIR affects exosomemediated bladder cancer progression. Claudia Berrondo, Jonathan Flax, Edward M. Messing, Carla Beckham. 153 Long non-coding RNAs deregulated in Multiple Myeloma impact therapeutic response to proteasome inhibitors. Ehsan Malek, Rebekah Karns, Anil G. Jegga, Sajjeev Jagannathan, Nikhil Vad, Mohamed A. Abdel Malek, James J. Driscoll. 154 Identification of TGF-regulated long noncoding RNAs in mammary epithelia: lncRNA-HIT mediated TGF-induced EMT and breast cancer metastasis. Edward Richards, Gu Zhang, Jennifer Permuth-Wey, Zhu-Peng Li, Sridevi Challa, William Kong, Dan Su, Domenico Coppola, Wei-min Mao, Thomas Sellers, Jin Q. Cheng. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 155 LncRNA AK023948 promotes breast tumorigenesis by enhancing AKT phosphorylation. Pratirodh Koirala, Yin Yuan MO. 156 LncRNA BC200 is induced by estradiol and regulates apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Ramesh Singh, Yin-yuan Mo. 157 LncRNA ANRIL indicates a potential prognostic biomarker in gastric cancer and promotes tumor growth by silencing of miR-99a/miR-449a. Zhi Xu, Jinfei Chen, John M. Luk, Wei De. 158 The p16/ARF intron 2 imbedded long non-coding RNA CAI2 is highly expressed in tumor cells and modulates chromatin structure. Olga Cohen, Alice Yu, Mitchell B. Diccianni. 159 LncRNA RoR enhances the c-Myc mRNA stability in colon cancer. Jianguo Huang. 160 ZFAS1, long non-coding RNA with significance in colorectal cancer. Nithyananda Thorenoor, Petra Vychytilova, Jitka Mlcochova, Sonja Hombach, Markus Kretz, Jiri Sana, Ondrej Slaby. 161 Long noncoding RNA subtype classification of human prostate adenocarcinomas. Gabriel G. Malouf, Jianping Zhang, Jean-Philippe Spano, Eva Compérat, Nizar M. Tannir, Erika K. Thompson, John N. Weinstein, Debasish Tripathy, David Khayat, Xiaoping Su. 162 Overexpression of long noncoding RNA FTX was associated with colorectal cancer progression. Takeshi Iwaya, Kei Sato, Kohei Kume, Satoshi Nishizuka, Go Wakabayashi, Koshi Mimori. 163 Investigation of molecular mechanisms by which PCA3 modulates prostate cancer cell survival. Ana E. Goulart, Luciana B. Ferreira, Paula P. de Freitas, Nadia Batoreu, MARTIN H. BONAMINO, Etel R. Gimba. 164 Long noncoding RNAs in the breast of healthy women are detected in different subtypes of breast cancer. Maria Barton, Julia Santucci-Pereira, Theresa D. Nguyen, Jose Russo. 165 Common long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) with altered expression levels in colorectal adenoma and carcinoma. Alexandra Kalmar, Zsofia B. Nagy, Orsolya Galamb, Barnabas Wichmann, Barbara K. Bartak, Zsolt Tulassay, Bela Molnar. 166 Identification of a novel long noncoding RNA as a mediator for CRTC1-MAML2 fusion oncogenic function and a biomarker for CRTC1-MAML2 fusion-positive tumors. Zirong Chen, Jian-Liang Li, Shuibin Lin, Chunxia Cao, Frederic Kaye, Lizi Wu. 167 Targeting non-coding RNAs with the CRISPR/Cas9 system in human cell lines. Tsui-Ting Ho, Nanjiang Zhou, Jianguo Huang, Pratirodh Koirala, Min Xu, Roland Fung, Fangting Wu, YinYuan Mo. 168 MALAT1 is crucial for epithelial-mesenchymal transition of breast cancer cells in acidic microenvironment. Subash C. Gupta, Yin-Yuan Mo. 169 Metastatic colorectal cancer associated long noncoding RNAs identified by transcriptome sequencing of matched primary and metastatic patient tissues. Jessica M. SilvaFisher, Ha Dang, Julie Grossman, Nicole White, Christopher Cabanski, Simon Goedegebuure, Timothy Fleming, Elizabeth Pittman, Robert Fulton, Matthew Strand, Albert C. Lockhart, Timothy Ley, Richard Wilson, Ryan Fields, Christopher Maher. 170 Survival prediction model with long non-coding RNA profile in lung adenocarcinoma cancer. Wei-An Wang, LiangChuan Lai, Mong-Hsun Tsai, Tzu-Pin Liu, Eric Y. Chuang. 171 Deciphering the role of long noncoding RNAs in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma using next-generation sequencing. Davide Degli Esposti, Catherine Voegele, Vincent Cahais, Nathalie Forey, Florence Le Calvez Kelm, James McKay, Hector Hernandez-Vargas, Zdenko Herceg. 7 7 233 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 8 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 8 8 MicroRNA Regulation of Cancer Biology (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 234 Abstract Number 172 Pathophysiological role of microRNA-29 in pancreatic cancer stroma. Jason J. Kwon, Sarah C. Nabinger, Ravi K. Alluri, Zachary Vega, Smiti S. Sahu, Zahi Abdul Sater, Zhangsheng Yu, A Jesse Gore, Grzegorz Nalepa, Romil Saxena, Murray Korc, Janaiah Kota. 173 SOX4 interacts with EZH2 and HDAC3 to suppress microRNA-31 in invasive esophageal cancer cells. Rainelli B. Koumangoye, Thomas Andl, Kenneth J. Taubenslag, Steven T. Zilberman, Chase Taylor, Claudia D. Andl. 174 Identification of activin A mediated microRNAs in a human prostate cancer cell line (LNCaP). Edward Ottley, Elspeth Gold. 175 miR-1207-3p-induced downregulation of fibronectin is a novel regulatory pathway in prostate cancer. Dibash K. Das, Adeodat Ilboudo, Joseph R. Osborne, Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi. 176 MicroRNA-122 is a potential regulator of DNA methylation partly by affecting the global level profile of 5hmC. Ann-Ping Tsou, Kuan-Hua Wang, Hsi-Yuan Huang, Li-Jung Chen, Tze-Tze Liu. 177 Role and mechanisms of miR-223 in the invasion and metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Yun Wang, Zhi Wang, Bin Cheng. 178 Targeting of multiple oncogenic miRNAs on NUMB gene to mediate head and neck carcinogenesis. ChungShan Chou, Kuo-Wei Chang, Shu-Chun Lin. 179 Regulation of stromal miR-125b on normal colonic epithelial cell renewal and its putative role in tumorigenesis. Helen H. N. Yan, Jackie K. Y. Lau, Annie S. Y. Chan, Wai Yin Tsui, Tsun Leung Chan, Suet Yi Leung. 180 Expanding the definition of core binding factor leukemia. John A. Fischer, Stefano Rossetti, Arani Datta, Alessandro Beghini, Nicoletta Sacchi. 181 miR-134 targets programmed cell death 7 (PDCD7) gene to modulate the pathogenesis of head and neck carcinoma. Shih-Yuan Peng, Kuo-Wei Chang, Shu-Chun Lin, Hsi-Feng Tu. 182 Smoking Carcinogen (BaP) enhances tumorigenic phenotypes of cervical cancer cells by modulation of HPV oncogenes and microRNA profiles. Mohd S. Zaman, Neeraj Chauhan, Rishi K. Gara, Diane Maher, Sonam Kumari, Mohammed Sikander, Sheema Khan, Murali M. Yallapu, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan. 183 Oncogenic miRNA miR-130a-induced inhibition of the growth regulator protein ZAR2 in TNBC cells. Smita Misra, Ashutosh Snghal, Gautam Chaudhuri. 184 miR-379/411 cluster regulates IL-18 and contributes to drug resistance in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Akihiko Miyanaga, Masahiro Seike, Kazuo Yamamoto, Susumu Takeuchi, Rintaro Noro, Yuji Minegishi, Kaoru Kubota, Akihiko Gemma. 185 MicroRNA-375 suppresses extracellular matrix degradation and invadopodial activity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Lizandra Jimenez, Ved P. Sharma, John S. Condeelis, Thomas M. Harris, Thomas J. Ow, Michael B. Prystowsky, Geoffrey J. Childs, Jeffrey E. Segall. 186 microRNA-146a inhibits epithelial mesenchymal transition in non small cell lung cancer by targeting insulin receptor substrate 2. Ji Woong Son, Soo Young Lee, Moon Jun Na, Sun Jung Kwan, Hyo Sung Jeon. Poster Board 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 187 miR-1205/FRYL as a novel regulatory mechanism in androgen-independent prostate cancer. Victoria Durojaiye, Adeodat Ilboudo, Fayola Levine, Joseph Osborne, Jong Y. Park, Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi. 189 KRAS-induced microRNA-29b attenuates apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer. Stephanie Langsch, Stefan Haemmig, Ulrich Baumgartner, Mario P. Tschan, Erik Vassella. 190 Modulation of MiR-21 signaling by MPS1 in human glioblastoma. Uday Bhanu Maachani, Anita Tandle, Uma Shankavaram, Tamalee Kramp, Kevin A. Camphausen. 191 The role of microRNAs in the epigenetic silencing of CHD5, a tumor suppressor in neuroblastoma. Koumudi Naraparaju, Venkatadri Kolla, Tiangang Zhuang, Mayumi Higashi, Gerd A. Blobel, Garrett M. Brodeur. 192 Exportin-5 downregulation induces miRNA dysregulation and HDAC6 overexpression in cholangiocarcinoma. Maria J. Lorenzo Pisarello, Brynn N. Howard, Christy E. Trussoni, Sergio Gradilone. 193 Epigenetic regulation of Notch1 signaling-driven melanoma progression. Ling Yin, Qinghua Huang, Alan S. Livingstone, Omaida C. Velazquez, Zhao-Jun Liu. 194 Deregulation of miR-222-ABCG2 regulatory module in tongue squamous cell carcinoma contributes to chemoresistance and enhanced metastatic potential. Anxun Wang, Luodan Zhao, Qianting He, Tingting Zhao, Wei Wang, Xiaofeng Zhou. 195 Insight into microRNA regulation of autophagy genes expression in crizotinib-treated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Julie Frentzel, Geraldine Mitou, Pierre Brousset, Sylvie Giuriato. 196 A SNP in the 3=-untranslated region of FZD4 linked to lung cancer survival modulates a miRNA-mediated FZD4 transcript binding, cleavage, expression, and Wntsignaling in NSCLC cells. Jing Lin, Roza Zandi, Jian Gu, Yuanqin Ye, Alexander Pertsemlidis, Xifeng Wu, Jack A. Roth, Lin Ji. 197 miR-130b targets Arhgap1 increasing Cdc42 activity and metastic potential in Ewing sarcoma cells. Laura Satterfield, Lyazat Kurenbekova, Ryan Shuck, Lawrence Donehower, Jason Yustein. 198 Helicobacter pylori infection via miR-328 suppression and CD44 expression in gastric mucosa causes gastric cancer initiation and progression. Keisuke Miyake, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Hidetaka Sugihara, Kojiro Eto, Daisuke Izumi, Junji Kurashige, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Shiro Iwagami, Yoshifumi Baba, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba. 199 Functional mechanism of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha-mediated Dicer down-regulation. Hui-Huang Lai, Yu-Jhen Lyu, Jie-Ning Li, Jen-Liang Su, Pai-Sheng Chen. 200 Effects of H. pylori infection in regulation of miRNAs-associated with DNA mismatch repair. Juliana C. Santos, Mitsue Brianti, Victor de Almeida, Ander Matheu, Marcelo L. Ribeiro. 201 Expression of miR-124 suppresses spermine oxidase-associated H2O2 generation in human gastric adenocarcinoma cells: Implications for infection/ inflammation-induced carcinogenesis. Tracy MurrayStewart, Johanna C. Sierra, Rupesh Chaturvedi, Keith T. Wilson, Robert A. Casero. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 9 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology New Insights from Imaging and Cell Isolation Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Abstract Number 202 Four dimensional quantitative label-free holographic imaging of the cell cycle in tumor cell lines. Ed Luther, Jeffrey Agar, Mansoor Amiji. 203 Visualization of drug delivery by using high resolution microscopic mass spectrometry. Masahiro Yasunaga, Masaru Furuta, Koretsugu Ogata, Yoshikatsu Koga, Yasuhiro Matsumura. 204 Single-molecule localization microscopy analysis of a cancer metastasis-specific miRNA on the nanoscale. Mohammed Abba, Olga Oleksiuk, Kerem Tezcan, Wladimir Schaufler, Felix Bestvater, Peter Altevogt, Mathias Hafner, Christoph Cremer, Heike Allgayer. 205 ELTD1 and Plexin-B2 as novel antibody therapies against glioma biomarkers. Jadith Ziegler, Richard Pody, Landon Rodriguez, Nataliya Smith, Debra Saunders, Patricia Coutinho de Souza, Jonathan Wren, Rheal Towner. 206 Development of a molecular imaging system based on the transcriptional activity of the DD3/PCA3 non-coding RNA for imaging specifically the prostate cancer cells. Pallavi Jain, Bertrand Neveu, Yves Fradet, Frederic Pouliot. 207 Caveolin-1 drives oncogenic TGF〉 effects in prostate cancer: in vitro mechanistic insights integrated with systems pathology visualization in primary tumor samples. Teijo Pellinen, Sami Blom, Sara Sanches, Katja Välimäki, John-Patrick Mpindi, Antti Rannikko, Raffaele Strippoli, Maria Montoya, Hind Azegrouz, Tuomas Mirtti, Miguel del Pozo, Olli Kallioniemi. 208 Novel intracellular Doppler imaging predicts therapeutic efficacy for personalized medicine. John J. Turek, Dan Merrill, Michelle Custead, Michael Childress, David D. Nolte, Bakhtiyor Yakubov, Ran An, Daniela Matei. 209 A quantitative analysis of paclitaxel-induced mitotic catastrophe of MDA-MB-231 cells by high frequency ultrasound. Maurice M. Pasternak, Gregory J. Czarnota. 210 In vivo metabolic imaging to differentiate aggressive versus indolent prostate cancer. Niki Zacharias Millward, Christopher McCullough, Youngbok Lee, Jingzhe Hu, Prasanta Dutta, David PiwnicaWorms, Pratip Bhattacharya. 211 A novel FRET assay for the intracellular activation of ADC linkers. Byoung-Chul Lee, Cecile Chalouni, Sam Nalle, Sophia Doll, Martine Darwish, Ira Mellman, Richard Vandlen. 212 Infrared spectral diagnosis for predictive cancer medicine: application to the early diagnosis and prognosis of preinvasive bronchial intraepithelial lesions. Vincent D. Gaydou, Myriame Polette, Cyril Gobinet, Claire Kileztky, Michel Manfait, Philippe Birembaut, Olivier Piot. 213 Evaluating high risk BI-RADS 4 mammographic lesions: a pilot trial of textural analysis (TA) as a supplement to digital mammography (DM). Melissa R. Gordon, Erkut Borazanci, Daniel D. Maki, Ron L. Korn. 214 Characterization of the near-infrared fluorescent protein iRFP for plate-based assays and animal imaging. Haibiao Gong, Joy L. Kovar, Teresa Urlacher. 215 Tracking transplanted cells with paramagnetic fluorinated nanoemulsions. Alexander A. Kislukhin, Hongyan Xu, Stephen R. Adams, Kazim Narsinh, Roger Y. Tsien, Eric T. Ahrens. 216 Pancreatic cancer fluorescence-guided surgery with a fluorophore-conjugated antibody to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) improves surgical resection and increases disease-free and overall survival in orthotopic mouse models. Cristina A. Metildi, Sharmeela Kaushal, George A. Luiken, Robert M. Hoffman, Michael Bouvet. 217 5-ALA-induced fluorescence imaging of breast cancer margins using a handheld imaging device. Emilie Chamma, Kristina M. Blackmore, Danielle Starr, Liis Teene, Philip J. Medeiros, Stephanie DeLuca, Alexandra Easson, Susan J. Done, Wey-Liang Leong, Ralph S. DaCosta. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. Abstract Number 218 The new and rapid technique of detecting breast cancer cells using new fluorescent probe ‘gGlu-HMRG’ and its clinical application. Yoshiaki Shinden, Hiroki Ueo, Taro Tobo, Ayako Ganachi, Hisateru Komatsu, Sho Nambara, Tomoko Saito, Masami Ueda, Hidenari Hirata, Shotaro Sakimura, Yuki Takano, Ryutaro Uchi, Tomohiro Iguchi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Keishi Sugimachi, Yoko Kubota, Yuichiro Kai, Yuko Kijima, Shoji Natsugoe, Hiraki Ueo, Yasuteru Urano, Koshi Mimori. 219 Fluorescence-guided surgery with an anti-CA 19-9conjugated fluorophore in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy inhibits metastatic recurrence in a pancreatic cancer patient derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) nude mouse model . Yukihiko Hiroshima, Ali Maawy, Yong Zhang, Takashi Murakami, Masashi Momiyama, Ryutaro Mori, Ryusei Matsuyama, Matthew H. Katz, Jason B. Fleming, Takashi Chishima, Kuniya Tanaka, Yasushi ichikawa, Itaru Endo, Robert M. Hoffman, Michael Bouvet. 220 New computerized image analyzing technique for analysis of bone marrow microvessel density in multiple myeloma. Kong SunYoung, Nuri Lee, Young Jae Kim, Ji Yeon Sohn, Hyewon Lee, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Kwang Gi Kim. 221 Ex vivo cultures of freshly explanted tumors: a potent translational approach for screening novel targeted agents. Annemilai Tijeras-Raballand, Maria Serova, Cindy Neuzillet, Miguel Albuquerque, Nathalie Colnot, Pierre Bourgoin, Safi Dokmak, Mohamed Bouattour, Jacques Belghiti, Valérie Paradis, Eric Raymond, Sandrine Faivre, Armand de Gramont. 222 PathLink: Leveraging clinical informatics to empower translational pathology by connecting biospecimens to outcomes. Jennifer M. Giltnane, Jana Shirey-Rice, Jodell Linder, Erica Bowton, James Cowan, Xiaoming Wang, Jon Scherdin, Melissa Basford, Kimberly Dahlman, Joseph Roland, Kerry Wiles, Cynthia Vnencak-Jones, Kay Washington, Jill Pulley. 223 Generation of single cell-derived normal, benign and cancer mini-prostates from primary patient-derived tissues. Monica Bartucci, Michele Patrizii, Eric Huselid, Shamila Yussuf, Nitu Bansal, Kathleen Flaherty, Denis Tolkunov, Hua Zhong, Mark N. Stein, Joseph Bertino, Robert DiPaola, Isaac Kim, Hatem E. Sabaawy. 224 Enrichment and isolation of uncontaminated breast cancer cells from human blood samples. Sandra V. Fernandez, Christopher Wagner, Zahida Parveen, Lucy Aburto, Carmela Paolillo, George Hvichia, Zhaomei Mu, Laura Austin, Massimo Cristofanilli. 225 Assessing and enriching human tumor cell content in patientderived cancer xenografts and co-cultures. Yu-An Zhang, Victor Stastny, Mahboubeh Papari-Zareei, Heather Davidson, Boning Gao, Brenda Timmons, Jingsheng Yan, C. Patrick Reynolds, John D. Minna, Adi F. Gazdar. 226 Parallel microfiltration (PMF): A novel method to screen cell mechanotype. Wolf-Ruprecht Wiedemeyer, Dongping Qi, Navjot Kaur Gill, Chintda Santiskulvong, Oliver Dorigo, JianYu Rao, Barbie TaylorHarding, Amy C. Rowat. 227 Characterization of single cells from dissociated solid tumors. Aaron J. Middlebrook, Shahryar Niknam, Joyce Ruitenberg, Albert J. Mach, Maria Suni, Warren Porter, Friedrich Hahn, Eileen Snowden, Rainer Blaesius, Smita Ghanekar. 228 A novel device to perform rapid high-throughput in vivo drug sensitivity testing and identify optimal drug therapy for personalized cancer treatment. Oliver Jonas. 230 Do-It-Yourself expression microdissection (DIY xMD): A lowcost, high-throughput cell and organelle isolation system. Michael A. Tangrea, Avi Z. Rosenberg, Patricia A. Fetsch, Michael D. Armani, Liqiang Xi, Mark Raffeld, Tina T. Pham, Yun Chen, Neil O’Flaherty, Rebecca Stussman, Adele R. Blackler, Qiang Du, Jeffrey C. Hanson, Mark J. Roth, Armando C. Filie, Michael H. Roh, Jason D. Hipp, Michael R. Emmert-Buck. 9 9 235 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 10 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Molecular and Cellular Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 10 10 Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer Biology 1 (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 231 MicroRNA isoforms come of age: Going beyond the one-locus-one-microRNA paradigm in cancer biology. Eric R. Londin, Phillipe Loher, Aristeidis Telonis, Isidore Rigoutsos. 2. 232 Characterization of the human miRNA-ome reveals numerous novel, tissue-specific miRNAs that are implicated in cancer biology. Eric R. Londin, Phillipe D. Loher, Isidore Rigoutsos. 3. 233 Mining cancer gene expression databases for latent information on intronic microRNAs. Simona Monterisi, Giovanni D’Ario, Elisa Dama, Nicole Rotmensz, Stefano Confalonieri, Chiara Tordonato, Flavia Troglio, Giovanni Bertalot, Patrick Maisonneuve, Giuseppe Viale, Francesco Nicassio, Pier Paolo Di Fiore, Fabrizio Bianchi. Poster Board Abstract Number 7. 237 Piwi genes and tissue/serum piR-651 are related to clinicopathologic features of renal cell carcinoma. Robert Iliev, Petra Vychytilova-Faltejskova, Jaroslav Juracek, Hana Mlcochova, Michal Stanik, Jan Dolezel, Michal Fedorko, Dalibor Pacik, Marek Svoboda, Ondrej Slaby. 8. 238 Citrullination of miRNA regulators by PADs: A potential mechanism for the promotion of colitis and colitis-associated colorectal cancer. Erin E. Witalison, Xiangli Cui, Corey P. Causey, Paul R. Thompson, Lorne J. Hofseth. 10. 234 Computational characterization of microRNAmediated association between obesity and cancer. Jiang Shu, Kevin Chiang, Juan Cui. 240 The ketogenic diet alters the expression of microRNAs that play key roles in tumor development. Julia Pazmandi, Kevin S. O’Neill, Adrienne C. Scheck, Peter W. Szlosarek, Eric C. Woolf, Kenneth S. Brooks, Nelofer Syed. 11. 5. 235 SNORD76, a box C/D snoRNA, acts as a tumor suppressor in glioblastoma. Luyue chen, Lei Han, kailiang zhang, jianwei wei, peiyu pu, jianning zhang, chunsheng kang. 241 A novel tumor suppressor miRNA co-regulating EMT and p53-independent cell survival in breast cancer. Umar Raza, Stefan Uhlmann, Emre Yurdusev, Stefan Wiemann, Ozgur Sahin. 12. 6. 236 Autocrine regulation of stress-induced cytotoxic Alu RNA expression in TNBC cells. Ashutosh Singhal, Smita Mishra, Gautum Chaudhuri. 242 Evaluation of apoptosis-related microRNAs in salivary gland tumors. Bianca T. Flores, Silvia V. Lourenço, Maria A. Nagai, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Fernando A. Soares, Cláudia Coutinho-Camillo. 4. 236 Abstract Number AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 12 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Immunology Immune Checkpoints Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Abstract Number 243 Expression of T-cell checkpoint ligands on circulating tumor cells is modulated following treatment of patients with an anti-tumor DNA vaccine. Brian T. Rekoske, Brian M. Olson, Douglas G. McNeel. 244 Abscopal responses in patients with refractory metastatic NSCLC treated with concurrent radiotherapy and CTLA-4 immune checkpoint blockade: evidence for the in situ vaccination hypothesis of radiotherapy . Encouse B. Golden, Abraham Chachoua, Maria Fenton-Kerimian, Sandra Demaria, Silvia C. Formenti. 245 Identification of novel immune checkpoints as potential therapeutic targets in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) using RNAi screening. Antonio Sorrentino, Tillmann Michels, Ayse N. Menevse, Nisit Khandelwal, Marco Breinig, Isabel Poschke, Rienk Offringa, Michael Boutros, Philipp Beckhove. 246 Phase 1 study: Ipilimumab (anti CTLA-4) in combination with Lenalidomide in patients with advanced cancers. Divya Sakamuri, Sonia L. Betancourt Cuellar, Isabella C. Glitza, Siqing Fu, Jennifer J. Wheler, Gerald S. Falchook, Apostolia M. Tsimberidou, David S. Hong, Vivek Subbiah, Michelle A. Fanale, Maria E. Cabanillas, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Filip Janku. 247 Comparing radiation therapy and ipilimumab to ipilimumab alone in metastatic melanoma patients. Kirtesh R. Patel, Daniel E. Oliver, Derick Okwan-Dadu, Yuan Liu, Ragini R. Kudchadkar, David H. Lawson, Mohammad K. Khan. 249 Assessment of PD-L1 expression and tumor-associated lymphocytes in pediatric cancer tissues. Robbie G. Majzner, Jason S. Simon, Joseph F. Grosso, Daniel Martinez, Bruce Pawel, Mariarita Santi-Vincini, Melinda S. Merchant, Poul Sorensen, Crystal L. Mackall, John M. Maris. 250 Differential efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors on bone metastasis and its associated immune dysfunction. Chie Kudo-Saito, Takafumi Fuwa, Kouichi Murakami. 251 Combining Ibrutinib with immune checkpoint blockade to induce therapeutic antitumor immune response in solid tumors. Idit Sagiv-Barfi, Holbrook Kohrt, Debra Czerwinski, Patrick Ng, Betty Chang, Ronald Levy. 252 Antibody-mediated phosphatidylserine blockade significantly enhances the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockades in K1735 and B16 mouse melanoma models. Bruce Freimark, Jian Gong, Dan Ye, Rolf Brekken, Shen Yin, Jeff Hutchins, Van Nguyen, Chris Hughes, Xianming Huang. 253 Synergistic antitumor activity of PD-1 signaling blockade and CD27 costimulation correlates with enhanced ratio of effector to regulatory T cells at the tumor site. Lawrence J. Thomas, Li-Zhen He, Anna Wasiuk, Lauren E. Gergel, James M. Boyer, Sarah M. Round, Henry C. Marsh, Tibor Keler. 254 TiMi1 is a novel immune-checkpoint in solid tumors identified via a tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL)-based RNAi screening. Tillmann Michels, Christina A. Hartl, Nisit Khandelwal, Marco Breinig, Antonio Sorrentino, Christina Mäder, Ludmila Umansky, Isabel Poschke, Rienk Offringa, Michael Boutros, Galit Eisenberg, Michal Lotem, Philipp Beckhove. 255 Dual targeting of Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4) and programmed death 1(PD1) inhibits tumor growth and generates enhanced long-term immunological memory. Angie Inkyung Park, Christopher L. Murriel, Julie Roda, Minu Srivastava, Hyun-Bae Jie, Fumiko Axelrod, Ming-Hong Xie, Erin Mayes, Rui Yun, Trevor Bentley, Belinda Cancilla, Raymond Tam, Tracy Tang, Ann Kapoun, John Lewicki, Austin Gurney, Tim Hoey. 256 Identification of additional cancers likely to respond to antiPD-1 therapy (pembrolizumab): Evaluation of PD-L1 expression in a large molecular tumor profiling gene expression database. Mark D. Ayers, Michael Nebozhyn, Razvan Cristescu, Terrill K. McClanahan, Heather A. Hirsch, Jonathan D. Cheng, Andrey Loboda. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 257 Class I HDAC inhibition upregulates PD-1 ligands in melanoma and increases the efficacy of PD-1 blockade. David M. Woods, Andressa L. Sodre, Amod Sarnaik, Eduardo M. Sotomayor, Jeffrey Weber. 258 Talilmogene laherparepvec increases the anti-tumor efficacy of the anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade. Julia Piasecki, Tiep le, Rafael Ponce, Courtney Beers. 259 Ibrutinib enhances the anti-tumor efficacy of CTLA-4 blockade in lymphoma and colon cancer models. Patrick Ng, Daniel Lu, Betty Chang. 260 In vivo efficacy of intraperitoneal anti-PD-L1 therapy in ovarian cancer. Shannon Grabosch, Jyothi T. Mony, Lixin Zhang, Tianzhou Ma, Tejas Tirodkar, Joan Brozick, George Tseng, Esther Elishaev, Robert P. Edwards, Xin Huang, Anda M. Vlad. 261 Nivolumab and urelumab enhance antitumor activity of human T lymphocytes engrafted in Rag2-/-IL2R␥null immunodeficient mice. Miguel F. Sanmamed, Inmaculada Rodriguez, Carmen Oñate, Arantza Azpilikueta, Maria E. Rodriguez-Ruiz, Aizea Morales-Kastresana, Sara Labiano, Jose L. Perez-Gracia, Salvador Martín-Algarra, Carlos Alfaro, Kurt A. Schalper, Guillermo Mazzolini, Francesca Sarno, Manuel Hidalgo, Alan J. Korman, Maria Jure-Kunkel, Ignacio Melero. 262 Inhibition of the novel immune checkpoint CEACAM1 enhances antitumor immunological activity. Gal Markel, Ilana Mandel, Yair Sapir, Motti Hakim, Sharon Hashmueli, Tehila Ben-Moshe. 265 Robust anti-tumor effects of combined anti-CD4 depleting antibody and anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint antibody treatment in mice. Satoru Ito, Kouji Matsushima, Satoshi Ueha, Shoji Yokochi, Yoshiro Ishiwata, Kosuke Hachiga, Haru Ogiwara, Krishant Chand, Takumi Nakajima. 266 Antitumor activity of REGN2810, a fully human anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, against MC38.Ova tumors grown in immune-competent humanized PD-1 mice. Elena Burova, Omaira Allbritton, William Poueymirou, Venus Lai, Janelle White, Dimitris Skokos, Nicholas Papadopoulos, Drew Murphy, Israel Lowy, Ella Ioffe, Gavin Thurston. 267 Combining androgen deprivation with immune checkpoint blockade delays the development of castration resistance in a murine model of prostate cancer. Ying-Chun Shen, Christina Kochel, Brian J. Francica, Angela Alme, Christopher Nirschl, Thomas Nirschl, Zoila Areli Lopez Bujanda, Maria A. Carrera H, Mark Selby, Alan Korman, Charles G. Drake. 268 Cytotopically modified antibodies to checkpoint proteins can actively reconstitute immune checkpoint blockade and inhibit tumor growth in a prostate cancer mouse model. Dorota Smolarek, Christina A. Sakellariou, Prokar Dasgupta, Richard A. Smith, Christine Galustian. 269 Evaluation of the antitumor activity of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy as a single agent and in combination with approved agents in preclinical tumor models. Elaine M. Pinheiro, Ruban Mangadu, Uyen T. Phan, Mingmei Cai, Yanhong Ma, Heather A. Hirsch, Terrill K. McClanahan, Raymond J. Moniz, Ali-Samer AlAssaad, Samik Basu, Yaolin Wang, Venkataraman Sriram, Joseph H. Phillips, Brian J. Long. 270 Preclinical assessment of combination therapy with selumetinib and CTLA-4 for cancer. Stefanie R. Mullins, Edmund Poon, Amanda Watkins, Paul D. Smith, Andrew Leishman, Ross Stewart, Robert Wilkinson. 271 Targeting PD-1, TIM-3 and LAG-3 in combination for improved immunotherapy combinations. Marilyn Kehry, Robert Horlick, Peter Bowers, Toni Jun, Jean da Silva Correia, Jonathan Graves, Yan Wang, Haley Laken, David J. King. 272 Checkpoint inhibitor combinations in a human mixed leukocyte reaction. Erin Sult, Carl Hay, Qihui Huang, Stacy Fuhrmann, Robert Hollingsworth, Kris F. Sachsenmeier. 12 12 237 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 13 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Immunology Poster :LJ[PVU 13 13 Tumor Microenvironment/Innate Immune Activators (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15. 238 Abstract Number 273 TLR8 agonist VTX-2337 (motolimod) decreases monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells by inducing differentiation to mature antigen-presenting cells. Zina J. Rutnam, Yushe Dang, Gregory Diestch, Hailing Lu, Yi Yang, Robert Hershberg, Mary L. Disis. 274 Bavituximab modulates tumor microenvironment and activates CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in a patient-derived 3D ex vivo system of lung cancer. Soner Altiok, Melanie MediavillaValera, Jenny Kreahling, David Noyes, Tiffany N. Razabdouski, Nikoletta L. Kallinteris, Joseph Shan, Scott Antonia. 275 ER-886046, an antagonist of PGE2 receptor type-4, induces an effective antitumor immune response in mice by attenuating intratumoral MDSCs and TAMs. Diana I. Albu, Zichun Wang, Jiayi Wu, Kuan-chun Huang, Wei Li, Diana Liu, Galina Kuznetsov, Qian Chen, Xingfeng Bao, Mary Woodall-Jappe. 276 Recruitment of effector T cells into the tumor rim and center with neoadjuvant systemic GM-CSF in patients with localized prostate cancer. Xiao X. Wei, Stephen Chan, Jera Lewis, Serena Kwek, Vinh Dao, Lawrence Fong. 277 Radioprotection of lung tissue involves modulation of radiation-induced macrophage activation by soy isoflavones. Lisa M. Abernathy, Matthew D. Fountain, John M. David, Christopher K. Yunker, Michael C. Joiner, Gilda G. Hillman. 278 Antibody blockade of semaphorin 4D promotes infiltration of activated tumor infiltrating leukocytes and reverses tumor growth. Elizabeth E. Evans, Holm Bussler, Sebold Torno, Crystal Mallow, Laurie A. Winters, Christine Reilly, Katya Klimatcheva, Janaki Veeraraghavan, Alan S. Jonason, Maria Scrivens, Renee Kirk, Sue Giralico, Alan Howell, John E. Leonard, Mark Paris, Terrence L. Fisher, Ernest S. Smith, Maurice Zauderer. 279 Bexarotene increases tumor CD8+ T cells and improves response to conventional breast chemotherapy in the transgenic mouse mammary tumor model TgMMTV-neu. Sasha E. Stanton, Ekram Gadd, Edmond Marzbani, Lauren Rastetter, Mary L. Disis. 280 Delta-24-RGDOX: making cancer more “visible” to the immune system. Hong Jiang, Xuejun Fan, Karen Clise-Dwyer, Laura Bover, Joy Gumin, Kathryn E. Ruisaard, Farah J. Mukheef, Frederick F. Lang, Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, Juan Fueyo. 281 Virotherapy with a Semliki Forest virus-based vector encoding IL-12 synergizes with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. José I. Quetglas, Sara Labiano, M. Á. Aznar, Elixabet Bolaños, Arantza Azpilicueta, Inmaculada Rodríguez, Erkuden Casales, Alfonso Rodríguez, Cristian Smerdou, Ignacio Melero. 282 Novel delivery system to bring immune checkpoint antibodies to tumor microenvironment. Koichiro Shioya, Koichi Koseki, Tomio Matsumura, Hitomi Shimizu, Yuko Shimatani, Shun’ichiro Taniguchi. 283 Smac mimetic and radiotherapy synergize to enhance antitumor immunity in lung cancer by targeting immunosuppressive cells. Zhen Tao, Carey Myers, Norbert Wiedemann, Gregoire Vuagniaux, Larry Harshyne, Adam Dicker, D. C. Hooper, Bo Lu. 285 MEDI9447: enhancing anti-tumor immunity by targeting CD73 In the tumor microenvironment. Carl Hay, Erin Sult, Qihui Huang, Scott Hammond, Kathy Mulgrew, Kelly McGlinchey, Stacy Fuhrmann, Raymond Rothstein, Edmund Poon, Ross Stewart, Robert Hollingsworth, Kris Sachsenmeier. 286 Coordinated activation of TLR8 and NLRP3 by VTX-2337 (motolimod) ignites tumoricidal NK cell activity. Greg Dietsch, Haling Lu, Yi Yang, Chihiro Morishima, Laura Q. Chow, Mary L. Disis, Robert Hershberg. 287 Specific delivery of immunostimulatory RNA via nanoparticles blocks growth of primary and disseminated ovarian tumors. Thomas Primiano, Bey-ih Chang. Poster Board 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 288 TG3003, an immunomodulatory anti-CD115 mAb targeting M2-macrophage polarization in the tumor microenvironment. Hélène Haegel, Christelle Ziller-Remy, Luc Barraud, Jean-Yves Bonnefoy, Sandrine Cochin, Vanessa Duong, Michel Geist, Benoit Grellier, Rémy Hallet, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thierry Menguy, Ronald Rooke, Christine Thioudellet, Carine Reymann, Xavier Préville. 289 The combination of CD40 agonism and PD-L1 blockade enhances anti-tumor immunity in a mouse syngeneic orthotopic pancreatic tumor model. Nadia Luheshi, Jane Coates-Ulrichsen, James Harper, Gareth Davies, James Legg, Robert Wilkinson. 290 In situ delivery and production of anti-HER2 scFv. Takeshi Kikuchi, Hitomi Shimizu, Yasuto Akiyama, Shun’ichiro Taniguchi. 291 Targeting the stroma to hit the tumor: MMP11 as a novel target for cancer immunotherapy. Laura Luberto, Rita Mancini, Arianna Di Napoli, Daniela Peruzzi, Federica Mori, Giuseppe Roscilli, Emanuele Marra, Manuela Cappelletti, Gennaro Ciliberto, Luigi Aurisicchio. 292 Interleukin-12 gene therapy combined with local ablative technique electrochemotherapy for treatment of canine mastocytoma. Maja Cemazar, Jerneja Ambrozic Avgustin, Gregor Sersa, Darja Pavlin, Ana Krhac Levacic, Natasa Tesic, Mitja Rak, Ursa Lampreht, Natasa Tozon. 293 Therapeutic effects of the bromodomain inhibitors JQ1 and I-BET 762 on pancreatic cancer. Ana S. Leal, Charlotte R. Williams, Michael B. Sporn, Karen T. Liby. 294 A novel cancer therapeutic strategy: inducing cytotoxic functions in tumor-associated macrophages. Whitney Barham, Oleg Tikhomirov, Ryan Ortega, Jeannette Saskowski, Courtney S. Thompson, Andrew Wilson, Timothy Blackwell, Zahra Mirafzali, Dineo Khabele, Todd Giorgio, Fiona E. Yull. 295 Delivery of checkpoint inhibitor antibodies and other therapeutics directly to tumors by encoding them within the oncolytic adenovirus enadenotucirev. Brian R. Champion, Prithvi Kodialbail, Sam Illingworth, Nalini Rasiah, Daniel Cochrane, John Beadle, Kerry Fisher, Alice Brown. 296 Synergistic actions of oncolytic vaccinia virus and sunitinib on pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in RIP-Tag2 mice. Corry E. McDonald, Barbara Sennino, Brian J. Schriver, John C. Bell, David H. Kirn, Caroline J. Breitbach, Donald M. McDonald. 297 Immunotherapy with a CD40L/4-1BBL double-armed oncolytic adenovirus drives Th1 immunity and control tumor progression in a pancreas cancer model. Emma Svensson, Ioanna Milenova, Rafael Moreno, Ramon Alemany, Angelica Loskog. 298 Overcoming TGF--related immunosuppression for cancer immunotherapy by oncolytic adenovirus co-expressing Interleukin-12 and decorin. Eonju Oh, Il-Kyu Choi, June Kyu Hwang, Chae-Ok Yun. 299 In vitro compound screening identifies enhancers of adenoviral oncolysis with Delta24-RGD in patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells. Lotte M. Berghauser Pont, Rutger Balvers, Jenneke Kloezeman, Michal O. Nowicki, Andreas Kremer, E. Antonio Chiocca, Sieger Leenstra, Clemens M. Dirven, Sean Lawler, Martine L. Lamfers. 300 increasing radiation dose enhances immunotherapy efficacy and together prolongs tumor dormancy in a subgroup of mice treated for advanced intracerebral melanoma. Henry M. Smilowitz, Peggy Micca, Daniel Sasso, Qian Wu, Nathanial Dyment, Lynn Kuo. 301 RealTVac, a novel strategy to treat advanced, late-stage tumors with real-time tumor vaccination. Piotr Jachimczak, Andreas Mitsch, Achim Aigner. 301A A novel epithelial ovarian cancer protein, SUSD2, inhibits platelet activation and binding to tumor cells. Tyson Lager, Megan Thacker, Charissa Etrheim, Kristi A. Egland, Mark K. Larson, Jennifer A. Gubbels. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 14 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology 3D Cultures and Tissue/Organoid Models Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Abstract Number 302 High throughput drug screening with engineered tumor spheroids. Stephanie Lemmo, Ehsan Aefi, Gary Luker, Hossein Tavana. 303 Effect of scaffold on drug sensitivity of multicellular spheroids: Which method is close to in vivo and suitable for HTS. Norio Masuda, Atsushi Mizuno, M. Mamunur Rahman, Kazuya Arai, Manabu Itoh. 304 Formation of uniform and reproducible 3D cancer spheroids in a high throughput plate format. Cindy Neeley, Chetana M. Revankar. 305 An innovative 3D porous scaffold-based perfusion bioreactor system for the in vitro maintenance and expansion of primary breast cancer tissue. Manuele G. Muraro, Simone Muenst, Giulio C. Spagnoli, Daniel Oertli, Walter P. Weber, Savas D. Soysal. 306 Role of tumor beta-1 integrin in the tumor cell extravasation cascade. Michelle B. Chen, John M. Lamar, Roger D. Kamm, Richard O. Hynes. 307 Determination of cell surface receptors CD44 and ErbB2 in NovaMatrix-3D - a 3D cell culture system. John M. Dornish, Therese Andersen. 308 The role of PTEN PDZ-binding domain in mammary gland tumorigenesis. Mingfei Yan, Penelope Or, Andrew Chan. 309 Longitudinal monitoring of cell proliferation and cytotoxicity in a biomimetic 3D culture model for lung cancer using native extracellular matrix scaffolds. Luis F. Tapias, Michael Lanuti, Xi Ren, Sarah E. Gilpin, Lan Wei, Bryan C. Fuchs, Kenneth K. Tanabe, Harald C. Ott. 310 Breast cancer cell invasion in a highly organized three dimensional (3D) microengineered tumor model. Nitish Peela, Feba S. Sam, Wayne Christenson, Adam W. Watson, Robert Ros, Ghassan Mouneimne, Mehdi Nikkhah. 311 High-throughput spheroid formation in a 384-well format using magnetic 3D bioprinting. Hubert Tseng, Jacob A. Gage, William L. Haisler, Glauco R. Souza. 312 Profiling drug sensitivity and kinomic pathways utilizing a novel human tumor derived MicroTumor assay. Christopher D. Willey, Ashley N. Gilbert, Rachael Shevin, Catherine P. Langford, Raj Singh, Joshua C. Anderson, G. Yancey Gillespie. 313 Examining the role of ABCA1 cholesterol transporter in ovarian cancer spheroids. Rebekka Williams, Amanda Russell, Angelika Bongers, Sharon Sagnella, Christopher Fife, Wendy Jessup, Anna DeFazio, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Michelle Haber, Murray Norris, Michelle Henderson. 314 A rapid 3D tumor spheroid analysis method using the Celigo imaging cytometry. Leo L. Chan, Scott Cribbes, Maria Vinci, Sarah Kessel, Lisa Patterson, Sue Eccles. 315 Modeling tumors with tridimensional biomimetic scaffolds: effect of the microenvironment on cell behavior, hypoxia response, and drug resistance. Chiara Liverani, Alessandro De Vita, Silvia Minardi, Federico La Manna, Laura Mercatali, Alessandro Parodi, Dino Amadori, Alberto Bongiovanni, Toni Ibrahim, Ennio Tasciotti. 316 Development of a novel 3D cancer model by cultivation of malignant effusions in a 3D cell culture system. Arno Amann, Marit Zwierzina, Julia M. Huber, Gabriele Gamerith, Stefan Koeck, Mario Bitsche, Edith Lorenz, Heinz Zwierzina. 317 3D high-content screening for the identification of compounds that target cells in dormant tumor spheroid regions. Carsten Wenzel, Sven Christian, Carolyn Algire, Wolfgang Schwede, Roland Neuhaus, Judith Guenther, Ningshu Liu, Sebastian Raese, Karsten Parczyk, Stefan Prechtl, Patrick Steigemann. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. Abstract Number 318 Enhancing drug discovery and development throughput without sacrificing predictivity: ex vivo 3D drug response profiling (DRP) using patient-derived xenografts (PDX). Tessa M. DesRochers, Christina Mattingly, Stephen Shuford, Matthew Gevaert, David Orr, Carol Bult, Susie Airhart, Mingshan Cheng, Minan Wang, James Keck, Howland Crosswell. 319 Comparison of 2D- and 3D-culture models as drugtesting platforms in breast cancer. Yoshinori Imamura, Toru Mukohara, Yohei Shimono, Yohei Funakoshi, Naoko Chayahara, Masanori Toyoda, Naomi Kiyota, Shintaro Takao, Seishi Kono, Tetsuya Nakatsura, Hironobu Minami. 320 Perfused 3D tri-culture breast cancer microtumors for accurate prediction of drug response. Tessa M. DesRochers, Stephen Shuford, Christina Mattingly, Terri Bruce, Zhiyi Liu, Kyle Quinn, Irene Georgakoudi, David L. Kaplan, David Orr, Howland E. Crosswell. 321 In vitro recapitulation of 3D tumor microenvironment with defined oxygen and pH levels through a novel scalable bioreactor-based strategy. Vitor E. Santo, Marta Estrada, Sofia Rebelo, Elizabeth Anderson, Paula M. Alves, Catarina Brito. 322 Establishment and genomic characterization of enteroid cultures from human colonic adenomas and adenocarcinomas. Michael K. Dame, Shannon D. McClintock, Durga Attili, Becky Simon, Kelly Copley, Stacy Finkbeiner, Christopher Altheim, Jason Spence, Henry Appelman, D. K. Turgeon, Linda C. Samuelson, Dean E. Brenner, James Varani. 323 Spheroid-based high throughput screening for identification of molecules targeting different tumor microenvironment characteristics. Wojciech Senkowski, Xiaonan Zhang, Peter Nygren, Maria Hägg Olofsson, Mats Gustafsson, Stig Linder, Rolf Larsson, Mårten Fryknäs. 324 High throughput triculture: A breast cancer spheroid model for drug screening. Gabriel J. Benton, Gerald DeGray, Irina Arnaoutova, Hynda K. Kleinman, Jay George. 325 Multiple myeloma in a physiologically relevant Me-HA -3D Hydrogel: Discovering new phenotypes of drug resistance. Bhagavathi A. Narayanan, Bin Duan, Narayanan K. Narayanan, Jonathan Butcher Butcher, Amitabha Mazumder. 326 Differences in RNA expression and chemosensitivity in 2D versus 3D non-small-cell lung cancer cultures. Gabriele Gamerith, Johannes Rainer, Arno Amann, Stefan Koeck, Edith Lorenz, Heinz Zwierzina, Julia M. Huber. 327 3D dynamics of the response to cell cycle checkpoint targeting drugs in multicellular tumour spheroids. Valérie LOBJOIS, Odile MONDESERT, Céline FRONGIA, Annaick DESMAISON, Aurélie GOMES, Martine CAZALES, Bernard Ducommun. 328 Original microenvironment of different cancer types is maintained upon culture of primary tissues in perfused bioreactors. Christian Hirt, Manuele G. Muraro, Valentina Mele, Francesca Amicarella, Celeste Manfredonia, Savas D. Soysal, Simone Muenst, Luigi Mariani, Christoph Kettelhack, Michael Heberer, Giulio C. Spagnoli, Ivan Martin, Giandomenica Iezzi, Adam Papadimitropoulos. 329 Establishment of three-dimensional primary tumor cell culture method and novel drug sensitivity test. Hiroshi Goji, Manami Shimomura, Yasushi Uemura, Tetsuya Nakatsura, M. Mamunur Rahman, Manabu Itoh. 331 A novel perfusion bioreactor system maintains long-term viability of a three dimensional in vitro breast carcinoma surrogate. Kayla F. Goliwas, Lauren E. Marshall, Kun Yuan, Joel L. Berry, Andra R. Frost. 14 14 239 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 15 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 15 15 Cell Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 240 Abstract Number 332 Extracellular matrix stiffness regulates metabolic state in metastatic, but not quiescent, breast carcinoma cells. Brett A. Morris, Brian Burkel, Suzanne Ponik, Kevin Eliceiri, Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, John Condeelis, James Castracane, Patricia J. Keely. 333 Evaluation of the mixed solution of sodium hyaluronate and hydroxyethylstarch on gynecologic cancer cell line. Ha-Young Lee, Hyun-Jung Cho, Shin-Wha Lee, Sang-Eun Lee, Dae-Yeon Kim, Jong-Hyeok Kim, YongMan Kim, Young-Tak Kim, Joo-Hyun Nam. 334 Glucose regulates chemoresistance and stemness via Wnt/-catenin signaling in ovarian cancer cells. HyeRan Gwak, Soochi Kim, UnTek Jo, Yong Sang Song. 335 Dynamic biochemical tissue analysis of novel P-selectin ligands expressed by colon cancer. Eric Martin, Ramiro Malgor, Douglas Goetz, Monica Burdick. 336 CD73 induces actin polymerization to protect epithelial cell-cell adhesions: Loss of this physiological reflex in endometrial carcinoma. Jessica L. Bowser, Michael R. Blackburn, Kenneth Dunner, Russell R. Broaddus. 337 Mechanism of TKI resistance and role of epithelial mesenchymal transition in NSCLC. Ichwaku Rastogi, Gregory M. Botting, Andrew Webb, Brian L. Webb, Marie C. Nlend, Neelu Puri. 338 Immunohistochemical expression of CD44/ERM complex proteins in penile carcinoma. Juliana B. de Andrade, Fernando A. Soares. 339 Different receptor tyrosine kinases mediate EMT and erlotinib-resistance in NSCLC cell lines through bypass signalling. Kristine Raaby Jakobsen, Christina Demuth, Anne T. Madsen, Birgit Westh Mortensen, Peter Meldgaard, Anders Lade Nielsen, Boe Sandahl Soerensen. 340 Identification of p62/IMP2 novel targets in breast cancer metastasis. Yang Li, Bo Peng, Ningjing Lei, Wei Qian, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang. 341 Breast cancer cell adhesion and degradome interact to drive metastasize. Asif Rizwan, Menglin Cheng, Zaver M. Bhujwalla, Balaji Krishnamachary, Lu Jiang, Kristine Glunde. 342 Breast cancer adhesion cascade is influenced by Galectin-1 and E-selectin receptor-ligand interactions. Nathan M. Reynolds, Claire R. Hall, Sean E. Thomas, Monica M. Burdick. 343 The homeobox gene DLX4 promotes inflammatory signaling and peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer. Dhwani Haria, Bon Q. Trinh, Song Yi Ko, Nicolas Barengo, Honami Naora. 344 Downregulation of osteoblastic N-cadherin decreases primary multiple myeloma cell - osteoblast interactions. Wenting Zhang, Yexin Gu, Qiaoling Sun, David S. Siegel, Peter Tolias, Zheng Yang, Woo Lee, Jenny Zilberberg. 345 Mechanically tuned 3 dimensional gelatin hydrogels support mammary fibroblast viability and growth. Kathryn Woods, Catlyn Thigpen, Kyung Min Park, Abby Hielscher. 346 The effects of targeting AMPK on microtubule stability and microtentacles in breast cancer cells. Kristi R. Chakrabarti, Rebecca A. Whipple, Lekhana Bhandary, Michele Vitolo, Amanda Boggs, Keyata Thompson, Stuart S. Martin. 347 Mechanism of c-Met TKI resistance and role of epithelial mesenchymal transition in melanoma. Supriya Rajanna, Ichwaku Rastogi, Sunil Palani, Neelu Puri. Poster Board 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 348 Amino acid-based prodrugs of gemcitabine - a therapeutic option to overcome chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer. Yangzom D. Bhutia, Ellappan Babu, Pankaj K. Singh, Vadivel Ganapathy. 349 Autophagy, cancer stem cells, and trastuzumab resistance in three dimensional cultures of HER2+ breast cancer cells. Cristina E. Rodríguez, Sara Reidel, Maria Adela Jasnis, Elisa Bal de Kier joffe, Gabriel L. Fiszman. 350 HER3 mediates acquired resistance to HER2targeted therapy in esophageal adenocarcinoma. Eva A. Ebbing, Jan Paul Medema, Sybren L. Meijer, Kausilia K. Krishnadath, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, Maarten F. Bijlsma, Hanneke W. van Laarhoven. 351 HO-1 modulates the actin stress fiber architecture in prostate cancer cells: Towards a less aggressive phenotype. Alejandra V. Paez, Carla Pallavicini, Jimena Giudice, Noelia Carabelos, Nicolas Anselmino, Emiliano G. Ortiz, Federico Schuster, Estefania Labanca, Marcelo Marti, Maria Binaghi, Pia Valacco, Javier H. Cotignola, Luciana Bruno, Valeria Levi, Nora Navone, Elba S. Vazquez, Geraldine Gueron. 352 Up-regulation of CD44 in the development of metastasis, recurrence and drug resistance of ovarian cancer. Yan Gao, Rosemary Foster, Francis J. Hornicek, Mansoor M. Amiji, Zhenfeng Duan. 353 Vorinostat enhances anti-tumor effects of cisplatin in head and neck cancer cells by targeting cancer stem cells. Bhavna Kumar, Arti Yadav, Theodoros N. Teknos, Pawan Kumar. 354 Resistance to TGF-beta-induced apoptosis is not associated with the de-differentiation in hepatocellular carcinoma. Tomomi Kogiso, Etsuko Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Kodama, Yuichi Ikarashi, Nobuyuki Torii, Makiko Taniai, Katsutoshi Tokushige, Keiko Shiratori. 355 A monoclonal antibody against laminin alpha 4 inhibits both MCAM and integrin-a6b1 binding, blocks tumor cell adhesion in vitro and slows melanoma tumor growth in vivo. Stephen J. Tam, Lauri E. Li, Carlos Lorenzana, Yue Liu, Ken Flanagan, Philip J. Dolan, Lana Alexander, Josh Salmans, Robin M. Barbour, Jeffrey N. Higaki, Tarlochan Nijjar, Wagner Zago, Ted A. Yednock, Gene Kinney. 356 Mutaome-based magnolin sensitivity in ovarian cancer cells. Ji-Hong Song, Woo-Young Kim, Yong-Yeon Cho. 357 Exosome-mediated transfer of alphaV integrins promotes prostate cancer cell-cell communication. Amrita Singh, Carmine Fedele, Renato V. Iozzo, Lucia R. Languino. 358 The role of GDF-15 on docetaxel resistance in lung cancer. Mototsugu Watanabe, Yasutaka Masada, Shinsuke Hashida, Tomoaki Ohtsuka, Ken Suzawa, Yuho Maki, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Junichi Soh, Hiroaki Asano, Kazunori Tsukuda, Shinichi Toyooka, Shinichiro Miyoshi. 359 STAT3-axis activated snail expression and promoted drug resistance in pediatric brain tumor. Tsai Chi-Chang. 360 Senescent hepatocytes secrete CCL2 to accelerate liver cancer growth via accumulation of immunosuppressive myeloid cells. Tobias Eggert, Juling Ji, Lars Zender, Xin W. Wang, Tim F. Greten. 361 Opposite regulation of stromelysin expression in prostate tumor and its microenvironment. Shian-Ying Sung, Chia-Ling Hsieh. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 16 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Circulating Tumor Cells and Disseminated Tumor Cells (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Abstract Number 362 Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells allows stratifying for prognosis in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy. Lisa König, Oliver Hoffmann, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer. 363 Dissecting CTC phenotypes: insights into mechanisms of breast cancer dormancy. Sirisha Peddibhotla, Monika Vishnoi, Wei Yin, Yizhen Chen, Antonio Scamardo, David Hong, Dario Marchetti. 364 The molecular profiles of disseminated tumor cells in a Patient Derived Xenograft model recapitulate those found in patient bone marrow. Sreeraj G. Pillai, Shunqiang Li, Chidananda M. Siddappa, Mark A. Watson, Timothy P. Fleming, Matthew J. Ellis, Rebecca L. Aft. 365 Mobilizing prostate cancer cells from the endosteal niche by targeting the SDF-1/CXCR4 axis. Kenneth C. Valkenburg, Kenneth J. Pienta. 366 A novel transcript variant of androgen receptor identified in circulating tumor cells from castration-resistant prostate cancer patients as a potentially prognostic biomarker. Zhigang Kang, Avani Shah, Yunkai Yu, Yuelin Zhu, Ali A. Bhagat, Kyra Zhao, Andrew Wu, James Gao, Ravi Madan, James Gulley, William Dahut, Paul Meltzer, Liang Cao. 367 Microfluidic devices for the interrogation of single circulating tumor cells. Yoonsun Yang, Hoon Suk Rho, Joost F. Swennenhuis, Michiel Stevens, Arjan G. Tibbe, Séverine Le Gac, Han Gardeniers, Leon W. Terstappen. 368 Phage display derived antibodies for the detection of mesenchymal CTCs in TNBC. Stephen Kalscheuer, Jayanth Panyam. 369 Association between tumor infiltrating immune cells, circulating tumor cells in blood and disseminated tumor cells in the bone marrow in patients with primary ovarian cancer. Issam Chebouti, Agnes Bankfalvi, Christoph Friedrich, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer. 370 Expansion of CTCs from early stage lung cancer patients using a microfluidic co-culture model. Zhuo Zhang, Hiroe Shiratsuchi, Jules Lin, Guoan Chen, Rishindra M. Reddy, Ebrahim Azizi, Shamileh Fouladdel, Andrew C. Chang, Lin Lin, Hui Jiang, Meghna Waghray, Diane M. Simeone, Max S. Wicha, David G. Beer, Gary Luker, Nithya Ramnath, Sunitha Nagrath. 371 Longitudinal genetic characterization of circulating tumor cells in metastatic breast cancer patients. Valeria Sero, Francesca De Luca, Anna Doffini, Francesca Galardi, Marta Pestrin, Zbignew T. Czyz, Genny Buson, Giulia Bregola, Chiara Bolognesi, Francesca Fontana, Gianni Medoro, Bernhard Polzer, Angelo Di Leo, Christoph A. Klein, Nicolo Manaresi. 372 Expression profiling of circulating tumor cells: A prognostic and predictive biomarker in metastatic breast cancer. Maren Bredemeier, Mikael Kubista, Robert Sjöback, Marie Jendrichova, Eva Rohlova, Vednula Novosadova, Katarina Kolostova, Siegfried Hauch, Bahriye Aktas, Mitra Tewes, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer. 373 Analytical and clinical validation of an EpCAM-independent assay for CTC detection in peripheral blood of early breast cancer patients based on Cytokeratin-19 (CK-19) RT-qPCR. Areti Strati, Athina Markou, Aliki Stathopoulou, Stella Apostolaki, Dimitris Mavroudis, Vasilis Georgoulias, Evi S. Lianidou. 374 Expression of the autophagosomal marker LC3 on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of patients with early and metastatic breast cancer (BC). Maria Spiliotaki, Chrysa Koukorava, Alexios Matikas, Vassilis Georgoulias, Dimitrios Mavroudis, Sofia Agelaki. 375 Phenotypic and molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) undergoing treatment with abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide. Jaymala Patel, Vipul Bhargava, Miaoling He, Brad Foulk, Denis A. Smirnov, Przemyslaw Twardowski, Marcin Kortylewski, Sumanta Kumar Pal, Jeremy O. Jones. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. Abstract Number 376 Capture and release of circulating tumor cells by temperature-sensitive graphene oxide-polymer composite. Hyeun Joong Yoon, Apoorv Shanker, Yang Wang, Molly Kozminsky, Shamileh Fouladdel, Monika L. Burness, Ebrahim Azizi, Max S. Wicha, Jinsang Kim, Sunitha Nagrath. 377 EpCAM+ and EpCAM- circulating tumor cells in metastatic lung cancer. Sanne de Wit, Guus van Dalum, Aufried T. Lenferink, Arjan G. Tibbe, Jeroen T. Hiltermann, Harry J. Groen, Cees van Rijn, Leon W. Terstappen. 378 Predictive and pharmacodynamic biomarkers of the androgen receptor in circulating tumor cells. Jamie M. Sperger, Lindsay Strotman, Benjamin P. Casavant, Chorom Pak, Sacha Horn, Erika Heninger, Scott M. Berry, David J. Beebe, Joshua M. Lang. 379 Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa): searching a prognostic tool. Elisabetta Rossi, Antonella Facchinetti, Vittorio Aneloni, Emanuel Zilio, Massimo Dal Bianco, Alice Zoccoli, Daniele Santini, Diletta Garrou, Francesco Porpiglia, Rita Zamarchi. 380 Capture of EpCAM-negative circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with a “Universal CTC-Chip”. Kazue Yoneda, Yasuhiro Chikaishi, Eri Kawashima, Tomoko So, Hidetaka Uramoto, Takashi Ohnaga, Fumihiro Tanaka. 381 Circulating tumor cells (CTC) but not circulating endothelial cells (CEC) are independent prognostic factors in neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with bevacizumab in HER2 negative inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) in multicentre phase II trial BEVERLY1. Jean-Yves Pierga, Francois-Clement Bidard, Aurelie Autret, Fabrice Andre, Thierry Petit, Florence Dalenc, Christel Levy, William Jacot, Jacques Bonneterre, Jean-Marc Ferrero, Pierre Kerbrat, Jerome Lemonnier, Francois Bertucci, Patrice Viens. 382 Identification and characterization of circulating tumor cells with multiplexed Quantum Dot conjugated antibodies. Lanlan Zhou, Elizabeth M. Matthew, David T. Dicker, Wafik S. El-Deiry. 383 The AdnaCellector, a new fully automated selection for circulating tumor cells in blood of primary and metastatic breast cancer patients. Maren Bredemeier, Natalie Fenjuk, Siegfried Hauch, Bahriye Aktas, Mitra Tewes, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer. 384 Detection of circulating melanoma cells in paired arterial and venous specimens from uveal melanoma patients with hepatic metastatic. Mizue Terai, Zhaomei Mu, David Eschelman, Carin Gonsalves, Ken Kageyama, Michael J. Mastrangelo, Marlana Orloff, Ryan Weight, Massimo Cristofanilli, Takami Sato. 385 Predictive factors of c-kit-positive cancer stem cells, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and circulating tumor cells in distant metastasis formation in non-small cell lung cancer. Shiyang Wu, Jianyu Sun, Weihua Qiu, Suyan Liu, Yujie Ma, Jiaming Che, Beili Gao, Jiasen Xu, David K. Ann. 386 Rapid in situ RNA analysis of circulating tumor cells using magnetic micropore-based sorting and Turbo FISH. Jin A Ko, Neha Bhagwat, Stephanie S. Yee, Erica Carpenter, Ben Stanger, David Issadore. 387 Non small cell lung cancer and circulating tumor cell: A different expression of EpCam and cytokeratins. Elisabetta Rossi, Mariangela Manicone, Antonella Facchinetti, Michele Aieta, Stefania De Faveri, Maria Chiara Scaini, Luciana Possidente, Leon W. Terstappen, Rita Zamarchi. 388 EGR1 is a mediator of TWEAK-Fn14 pathway induced prostate cancer bone metastasis. Amir H. Ameri, JuanJuan I. Yin, Keith Jansen, Simeng Wang, Jessica Snyder, Paul Hynes, Kathleen Kelly. 389 The identity of all nucleated cells enriched by CellSearch. Guus van Dalum, Simone van Lin, Ana M. Barradas, Jeroen T. Hiltermann, Harry J. Groen, Leon W. Terstappen. 391 Utility of circulating tumor cell (CTC) in advanced gastric cancer. Won Suk Lee, Jeong Min Kim, Woo Sun Kwon, So Jung Lim, Tae Soo Kim, Ga Yun Kim, Sung Ho Choi, Byung Hee Jeon, Min Kyu Jung, Joong Bae Ahn, Hyun Cheol Chung, Sun Young Rha. Poster :LJ[PVU 16 16 241 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 17 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 17 17 Crosstalk of the Microenvironment and the Tumor Clone (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 242 Abstract Number 392 Synergistic anti-tumor effects of dabigatran etexilate and cyclophosphamide co-treatment are associated with decreased circulating tissue factor positive microparticles. Eric T. Alexander, Allyson R. Minton, Candace S. Hayes, Ashley Goss, Joanne Van Ryn, Susan K. Gilmour. 393 Nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase (NAMPT) inhibitors: novel modulators of antitumor immunity. Cristina Travelli, Sara Morlacchi, Ubaldina Galli, Gian Cesare Tron, Armando A Genazzani, Antonio Sica. 394 A novel anti-a proliferation-inducing ligand hAPRIL.01A monoclonal antibody targets multiple myeloma cells in the bone marrow microenvironment. Yu-Tzu Tai, Chirag Acharya, Gang An, Mike Y. Zhong, Xiaoyan Feng, Hua Jiang, Hans van Eenennaam, Andrea van Elsas, Nikhil C. Munshi, Kenneth C. Anderson. 395 Effect of pantoprazole to enhance activity of docetaxel against human tumor xenografts by inhibiting autophagy. Qian Tan, Anthony M. Joshua, Jasdeep K. Saggar, Man Yu, Marina Wang, Bradly Wouters, Ian F. Tannock. 396 Ibrutinib exerts potent antifibrotic activity in a mouse model of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Daniel Massó-Vallés, Toni Jauset, Erika Serrano, Nicole M. Sodir, Kim Pedersen, Nesrine I. Affara, Jonathan R. Whitfield, Marie-Eve Beaulieu, Gerard I. Evan, Laurence Elias, Joaquín Arribas, Laura Soucek. 397 Rebastinib potently inhibits function of perivascular TIE2 expressing macrophages in vitro and in vivo. Allison Harney, Jeanine Pignatelli, Edison Leung, Maja Oktay, Yarong Wang, Bryan D. Smith, Daniel L. Flynn, John S. Condeelis. 398 Specific skeletal targeting of MMP-2 inhibitors for the treatment of bone metastatic breast cancer. Marilena Tauro, Antonio Laghezza, Paolo Tortorella, Conor C. Lynch. 399 Nanoparticle silencing of 1 and 3 integrins augments Dasatinib sensitivity. Jenny G. Parvani, Vinson Chu, Sarah Roelle, Zheng-Rong Lu, William Schiemann. 400 MEK inhibition enhances immune checkpoint blockade treatment of murine models of neuroblastoma. Sakunthala Muthugounder, Long Hung, Randall Chan, Jin Kim, Soheila Shirinbak, Hiroyuki Shimada, Shahab Asgharzadeh. 401 A novel photoimmunotherapy targeting cancerassociated fibroblasts (CAFs) overcomes therapeutic resistance in human esophageal cancer. Ryoichi Katsube, Kazuhiro Noma, Shinichiro Watanabe, Shinichi Urano, Takayuki Ninomiya, Toshiaki Ohara, Hiroshi Tazawa, Shunsuke Kagawa, Hisataka Kobayashi, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara. 402 Pasireotide reduces chemoresistance in pancreatic tumor cells by inhibiting the synthesis and secretion of growth factors from tumor associated fibroblasts. Camille Duluc, Siham Moatassim, Mounira Chalabi, Aurélie Perraud, Yvan Martineau, Florence Breibach, Marie-Bernadette Delisle, Muriel Mathonnet, Herbert A. Schmid, Stéphane Pyronnet, Corinne Bousquet. 403 Acquired resistance to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin. Megumi Kai, Tomonori Tanei, Yan Ting Liu, Yuki Saito, Mauro Ferrari, Kenji Yokoi. 404 MK2461 suppress progression of pancreatic cancer disrupting interaction between pancreatic cancer cells and stellate cells. Koetsu Inoue, Hideo Ohtsuka, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Daisuke Douchi, Shuhei Kawasaki, Kei Kawaguchi, Kunihiro Masuda, Koji Fukase, Shinobu Ohnuma, Takeshi Naitoh, Yu Katayose, Shinichi Egawa, Michiaki Unno. 405 Kindlin-2 regulates integrin function and sensitivity to docetaxel in prostate cancer cells. Edward F. Plow, Mitali Das, Jamila Hirbawi, Khalid Sossey-Alaoui. 406 Effects of an RGD peptide in osteoclast maturation and behavior as a therapeutic option for metastatic bone disease. Gerald Prager, Daniela Bianconi, Anastasia Chillà, Alexandra Dorda, Nisha Geetha, Matthias Unseld, Despoina Sykoutri, Marina Poettler, Kurt Redlich, Christoph Zielinski. Poster Board 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 407 FTY720 suppressed CT26 murine colon cancer peritoneal carcinomatosis progression by decreasing tumor associated macrophages and TNF-alpha. Tomoyoshi Aoyagi, Dorit Avini, Masayuki Nagahashi, Akimitsu Yamada, Krista P. Terracina, WeiChing Huang, Kazunori Aoki, Yasunori Matsumoto, Sarah Spiegel, Hisahiro Matsubara, Kazuaki Takabe. 408 ACP-196, an orally bioavailable covalent selective inhibitor of Btk, modulates the innate tumor microenvironment, exhibits antitumor efficacy and enhances gemcitabine activity in pancreatic cancer. Brian J. Lannutti, Michael Gulrajani, Fanny Krantz, Elena Bibikova, Todd Covey, Katti Jessen, Wayne Rothbaum, David M. Johnson, Roger Ulrich. 409 Docetaxel induced-JNK2/PHD1 signaling pathway increases cell death in cancer cells under hypoxia through the degradation of HIF-1␣. Eun-Taex Oh, Min-Jeong Song, Hyemi Lee, Yun-Jeong Choi, Heon Joo Park. 410 SPARC expression enhances cellular aggregation and resistance to gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer cells. Edgardo Salvatierra, Elvia Rivas, Leandro Guttlein, Emily Robitschek, Andrea Llera, Osvaldo Podhajcer. 411 1,25(OH)2D3 deficiency accelerates colon cancer progression via microenvironmental regulation. Xiaoqin Yuan, Yun Liu, Lulu Chen, Dengshun Miao. 412 Phytochemical pterostilbene suppresses lung cancer stem cell generation via modulating tumor-associated macrophages. Wen-Chien Huang. 413 Targeting IL-6 as a preventive and therapeutic strategy for K-ras mutant lung cancer. Mauricio S. Caetano, Amber M. Cumpian, Lei Gong, Seon H. Chang, Huiyuan Zhang, Humam N. Kadara, Cinthya Sternberg, Carlos G. Ferreira, Stephanie S. Watowich, Seyed J. Moghaddam. 414 Prospective profiling of systemic and loco-regional alterations during intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, results from GOG 271. Shannon Grabosch, Anda M. Vlad, Tianzhou Ma, Jyothi T. Mony, Mary Strange, Joan Brozick, Julia Thaller, George Tseng, Xin Huang, Kathleen Moore, Kunle Odunsi, Robert P. Edwards. 415 Differential expression of therapeutic targets across tumor micro-environments and at infiltrative margins in glioblastoma. Myles R. McCrary, David Gutman, William Dunn, Milota Kaluzova, Alexandros Bouros, Merete Williams, Xialong Zhang, Lee A. Cooper, Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, Daniel J. Brat. 416 Carbon monoxide targets Notch1 and MAPK-ERK1/2 signaling pathways to block growth of lung carcinoma. Zsuzsanna Nemeth, Eva Csizmadia, Lisa Vikstrom, Mailin Li, Kavita Bisht, Alborz Feizi, David Gallo, Leo Otterbein, Janos Fillinger, Balazs Dome, Daniel B. Costa, Barbara Wegiel. 417 Integrative drug sensitivity analysis of PI3K/mTOR pathway inhibitors in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). Vaishnavi Sambandam, Li Shen, Ming Zhang, Rishi Saigal, Lauren A. Byers, Curtis Pickering, Jeffrey N. Myers, Jing Wang, Faye M. Johnson. 418 A novel animal study software application emulates clinical trials by enabling the conduct of multi-center, asynchronous pre-clinical trials. Eric M. Ibsen, Jeffrey L. Kumer. 419 Cooperative interactions between p53 and NFB enhance cell plasticity. Federica Alessandrini, Vasundhara Sharma, Alessandra Bisio, Sara Zaccara, Alberto Inga, Yari Ciribilli. 420 The role of tumor microenvironment in therapy resistance and melanoma progression. Rajasekharan Somasundaram, Gao Zhang, Stephan N. Wagner, Mizuho Fukunaga-Kalabis1, Meenhard Herlyn. 421 The role of the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer to predict treatment outcome. Anne Steins, Remy Klaassen, Oliver Gurney-Champion, Maarten Bijlsma, Jan Paul Medema, Hessel Wijkstra, Geertjan van Tienhoven, Olivier Busch, Cornelis Punt, Marc Besselink, Hanneke Wilmink, Marc van de Vijver, Jaap Stoker, Aart Nederveen, Hanneke van Laarhoven. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 18 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Cytokines and Chemokines and the Microenvironment (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Abstract Number 422 The role of CCL2 in the breast cancer tumor microenvironment and metastasis. Nicole Lavender, Jiqing Sai, Jinming Yang, Sergey V. Novitskiy, Ann Richmond. 423 CXCL12/CXCR4 activation by cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes integrin 1 clustering and invasive ability in gastric cancer. Daisuke Izumi, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Hidetaka Sugihara, Eto Kojiro, Hiroshi Sawayama, Keisuke Miyake, Yuki Kiyozumi, Keisuke Kosumi, Ryuma Tokunaga, Kazuto Harada, Junji Kurashige, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Shiro Iwagami, Yoshifumi Baba, Yasuo Sakamoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Baba. 424 Chemokine CXCL14 is a multistep tumor suppressor. Ryu-Ichiro Hata, Kazuhito Izukuri, Yasumasa Kato, Soichiro Sasaki, Chihiro Miyamoto, Tetsu Akasaka, Xiaoyan Yang, Yojiro Maehata, Yoji Nagashima, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Tohru Kiyono, Naofumi Mukaida, Masaru Taniguchi. 425 A small molecule glycomimetic antagonist of E-selectin and CXCR4 (GMI-1359) prevents pancreatic tumor metastasis and improves chemotherapy. Maria M. Steele, William E. Fogler, John L. Magnani, Michael A. Hollingsworth. 426 Targeting CXCR4 reduced T regulatory cells (Tregs) -mediated cell proliferation suppression in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients. Sara Santagata, Maria Napolitano, Crescenzo D’Alterio, Sabrina Cecere, Renato De Domenico, Carmela Cacciapuoti, Salvatore Dimaro, Luciana Marinelli, Nicola Longo, Sandro Pignata, Sisto Perdonà, Stefania Scala. 427 Host and tumoral CXCR2 signaling contributes to tumor growth. Danielle Carroll, James Harper, Karen McDaid, Ruth Franks, Catherine Eberline, Jane Kendrew, Richard Sainson, Judith Anderton, Chris Rossant, Karen Coffman, Ching Ching Leow, Ivan Inigo, Mitchell Reville, Jacintha Shenton, Lesley Young, Simon Barry. 428 Dual E-selectin and CXCR4 inhibition reduces tumor growth and increases the sensitivity to docetaxel in experimental bone metastases of prostate cancer. Giovanni L. Gravina, Andrea Mancini, Alessandro Colapietro, Simona D. Monache, Adriano Angelucci, Alessia Calgani, William E. Fogler, John L. Magnani, Claudio Festuccia. 429 Novel role of CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling axis in obesity-induced prostate cancer progression in HiMyc mice. Achinto Saha, Jorge Blando, John DiGiovanni. 430 MCP-1/CCL2 and IL-8 regulate proteolytic activity of triple negative inflammatory breast cancer via cathepsin B, ERK1/2, JAK1 and Src signaling pathways. Sherif A. Ibrahim, Eslam A. Elghonaimy, Mohamed El-Shinawi, Medhat El-Halawany, Mohamed A. Nouh, Tahani El-Mamlouk, Bonnie F. Sloane, Mona M. Mohamed. 431 Active secretion of CXCL10 and CCL5 from colorectal cancer microenvironments associates with GranzymeB+ CD8+ T-cell infiltration. Timothy J. Zumwalt, C. Richard Boland, Ajay Goel. 432 Macrophage promotes EMT in gastric cancer through activating CXCR2 signaling. Chang-Hua Zhang, Guangkai Xia. 433 Role of IL-8/CXCR2 network in the tumor microenvironment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Masazumi Inoue, Hiroya Takeuchi, Sachiko Matsuda, Tomohiko Nishi, Kazumasa Fukuda, Rieko Nakamura, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Norihito Wada, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yoshiro Saikawa, Yuko Kitagawa. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Abstract Number 434 Prostate cancer cell-derived cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptide regulates MCP-1 and CXCL1/2 through autocrine signaling. Ha-Ram Cha, Jonathan Hensel, Selvarangan Ponnazhagan. 435 Adipocyte-derived monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) promotes prostate cancer progression through matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2) mediated extracellular matrix degradation. Yusuke Ito, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Naohito Kobayashi, Hisashi Hasumi, Masatoshi Watanabe, Masahiro Yao, Hiroji Uemura. 436 SDF1␣/CXCR4 axis might be associated with growth-interaction between cancer-associated fibroblasts and gastric cancer cells in hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Haruhito Kinoshita, Masakazu Yashiro, Hiroaki Kasashima, Go Masuda, Tamami Morisaki, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Katsunobu Sakurai, Takahiro Toyokawa, Kenjiro Kimura, Naoshi Kubo, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Masaichi Ohira, Kosei Hirakawa. 437 Mena at the nexus of chemotaxis and haptotaxis during tumor progression. Madeleine J. Oudin, Oliver Jonas, Tatiana Kosciuk, Liliane C. Broye, Jeff Wyckoff, Miles A. Miller, Alisha Lussiez, Sreeja Asokan, Robert Langer, Douglas Lauffenburger, James E. Bear, Frank B. Gertler. 438 Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) facilitates metastasis of uterine cervical cancer by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) via CXCL12-CXCR4 axis. Tomoyuki Sasano, Seiji Mabuchi, Ryoko Takahashi, Hiromasa Kuroda, Kenjiro Sawada, Tadashi Kimura. 439 Interleukin-6 induces SPINK1 in colorectal cancer. Kati A. Räsänen, Laura Hautala, Ulf-Håkan Stenman, Hannu Koistinen. 440 Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT): a new cytokine in tumor progression. Ambra Grolla, Simone Torretta, Angela Amoruso, Giuseppe Orsomando, Armando Genazzani. 441 IL-17 and IL-17-producing cells associated with advanced stage or poor prognosis in oral cancers, through enhancing tumor progression. Meng Hua Lee. 442 Decreased tumor progression by the knockdown of interleukin 17 receoptor A in the B16F10 melanoma model. Ya-Shan Chen, Chao-Lin Liu, Hui-Shan Chen, Su-Ting Wu, Chia-Rui Shen. 443 Mechanisms of IL-1 production and release in pancreatic cancer cells. Emanuela Brunetto, Lucia De Monte, Silvia Heltai, Maria Pia Protti. 444 Slit2 stimulation induces a chemorepellent effect on the migration of human GBM brain tumor initiating cells. Hugo Guerrero-Cazares, Emily Lavell, Gabrielle Drummond, Sural Ranamukhaarachchi, Vivian CapillaGonzalez, Paula Schiapparelli, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa. 445 Tumor microenvironment influences survival of mantle cell lymphoma-initiating cells through FGF/FGFR1 signaling. Lalit Sehgal, Rohit Mathur, Zuzana Berkova, Tamer Khashab, Xin Wang, Jorge E. Romaguera, Alma E. Rodriguez, Sattva Neelapu, Felipe Samaniego. 446 Reciprocal paracrine signaling between epithelial and stromal cells alters the pancreatic tumor microenvironment. Matthew C. Stout, Danielle R. Cole, Paul M. Campbell. Poster :LJ[PVU 18 18 243 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 19 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 19 19 Immune Regulation in the Microenvironment (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 244 Abstract Number 447 Tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer (PDAC): interplay between tumor cells, stromal cells and immune cells. Eva Karamitopoulou, Martin Wartenberg, José A. Galván, Inti Zlobec, Alessandro Lugli, Aurel Perren. 448 The role of the Nanog transcription factor in tumor immune escape. Emily Robitschek, Chih-Ping Mao, Shiwen Peng, Chien-Fu Hung, TC Wu. 450 Suppression of innate and adaptive immune responses in the human lung tumor microenvironment via microRNA-183. Melba Marie Tejera, Melba Marie Tejera, Sarah S. Donatelli, Jun-Min Zhou, Danielle L. Gilvary, Xianghong Chen, Erika A. 451 The vigorous immune microenvironment of microsatellite instable colon cancer is balanced by multiple counter-inhibitory checkpoints. Nicolas J. Llosa, Michael Cruise, Ada Tam, Elizabeth Wick, Elizabeth Hechenbleikner, Janis Taube, Lee Blosser, Hongni Fan, Hao Wang, Ming Zhang, Brandon Luber, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Kenneth Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, Cynthia Sears, Robert Anders, Drew Pardoll, Franck Housseau. 452 Monocytic Gr-1+/CD11b+ myeloid cells are necessary for natural killer cells to eradicate glioma and are inhibited by tumor-derived galectin-1. Gregory J. Baker, Peter Chockley, Daniel Zamler, Viveka N. Yadav, Maria G. Castro, Pedro R. Lowenstein. 453 Engineering the tumor microenvironment: Hemin conditioning in vivo impairs tumor growth and reprograms the immune-modulatory response in prostate cancer. Felipe M. Jaworski, Geraldine G. Gueron, Lucas D. Gentilini, Daiana B. Leonardi, Ignacio González Pérez, Geraldine Contrufo, Gabriel A. Rabinovich, Daniel G. Compagno, Diego J. Laderach, Elba S. Vazquez. 454 Evaluating the progression of cutaneous melanoma by the molecular immune response of the sentinel lymph node. Richard Essner, Alexandra Gangi, David Kaufman, Ke Wei Gong, Myung Sim, Dennis Slamon. 455 B cells actively participate to the anti-cancer immune response in high grade serous ovarian cancer metastases. Anne Montfort, Steffen Boehm, Thomas Dowe, Joanne Topping, Michelle Lockley, Melania Capasso, Frances Balkwill. 456 Defined co-mutation subgroups of KRAS-mutated NSCLC display distinct immune profiles. Warren L. Denning, Lixia Diao, Ferdinandos Skoulidis, Yanyan Lou, Lauren Byers, Jing Wang, John Weinstein, Don Gibbons, John Heymach. 457 Depletion of glioma infiltrating myeloid derived suppressor cells promotes anti-tumor T cell responses. Neha Kamran, Youping Li, Mariela Moreno-Ayala, Hikmat Assi, Marianela Candolfi, Marta Dzaman, Pedro Lowenstein, Maria Castro. 458 Immune-inhibitory HLA-G is expressed in the tumor microenvironment of Ewing Sarcomas. Christian Spurny, Bianca Altvater, Sareetha Kailayangiri, Silke Landmeier, Martina Ahlmann, Uta Dirksen, Andreas Ranft, Heinz Wiendl, Wolfgang Hartmann, Eva Wardelmann, Claudia Rossig. 459 Targeting TIGIT and PD-1 to increase the expansion and function of tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in melanoma patients. Joe-Marc Chauvin, Ornella Pagliano, Julien Fourcade, Zhaojun Sun, Cindy Sanders, John M. Kirkwood, Tseng-hui T. Chen, Mark Maurer, Alan Korman, Hassane Zarour. Poster Board 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. Abstract Number 460 Novel compound elicits anti-tumor macrophages associated with tumor regression in breast cancer. Holly E. Ponichtera, Jennifer L. Guerriero, Alaba O. Sotayo, Anthony Letai. 461 Therapeutic effect of sorafenib is attenuated by tumor-infiltrating Ly6G+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and is restored by anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) antibody treatment in an orthotopic mouse liver cancer model. Chun-Jung Chang, Yao-Hsu Yang, Chiao-Juno Chiu, Bor-Luen Chiang, Xiao-yi Lee, Chih-Hung Hsu, Ann-Lii Cheng. 462 Cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and immunosuppressive T regulatory cells are associated with aggressive breast cancer subtypes. Galina F. Khramtsova, Rita Nanda, Ekaterina A. Khramtsova, Lise Sveen, Sope Olugbile, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade. 463 Successful generation of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes from human non-small cell lung cancer specimens. Kyoung-Hee Kim, Julia Kargl, Sylvia Lee, McGarry Houghton. 464 Hypoxia-induced miR-210 potentiates MDSC function through regulation of Arg1, Il-16 and Cxcl12, and promotes tumor growth. Muhammad Zaeem Noman, Salem Chouaib. 465 Progestin-driven regulatory T cells directly promote an aggressive and metastatic phenotype in triple-negative breast cancer. Tomas Dalotto Moreno, Juan P. Cerliani, Diego O. Croci, Santiago P. Mendez-Huergo, Florencia Moses, Gabriel A. Rabinovich, Mariana Salatino. 466 Systemic early immune priming via tumor-secreted cytokines facilitates breast cancer metastasis in syngeneic mouse model. Hasan Korkaya, Eunmi Lee, Maria Ouzounova, Abdeljabar El Andaloussi, Ena Novakovic, Raziye Piranlioglu, Mehmet F. Demirci, Shawn G. Clouthier, Max S. Wicha. 467 Oxidized lipids contribute to the suppression function of myeloid derived suppressor cells in cancer. Filippo Veglia, Vladimir Tyurin, Valerian Kagan, Dmitry Gabrilovich. 468 Delayed tumor growth in breast cancer is associated with reduced activity of the a2 isoform of vacuolar ATPase. Gajendra K. Katara, Arpita Kulshrestha, Alice Gilman-Sachs, Kenneth D. Beaman. 469 mPGES1 deletion and the mechanisms of tumor growth suppression. Nune Markosyan, Andrew Rech, Robert H. Vonderheide, Garret A. FitzGerald, Emer M. Smyth. 470 Nicotine reduces survival via augmentation of paracrine HGF-MET signaling in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment. Daniel Delitto, Dongyu Zhang, Song Han, Brian S. Black, Andrea E. Knowlton, Adrian C. Vlada, George A. Sarosi, Kevin E. Behrns, Ryan M. Thomas, Xiaomin Lu, Chen Liu, Thomas J. George, Steven J. Hughes, Shannon M. Wallet, Jose G. Trevino. 472 Galectin-3 modulates glioblastomas (GBM) tumor microenvironment, and is linked to glioblastoma invasion. Umadevi V. Wesley, Esat Resad, Paul Clark, Carolina Larrain, John Kuo, Robert J. Dempsey. 473 Functional polarization of macrophage triggered by tumor-conditioned medium. Weina Zhang. 474 Regulation of epithelial plasticity of cancer cells by tumor-associated macrophages. CHIH-CHAN LEE, Muh-Hwa Yang. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 20 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Pediatric Cancer: Basic Science 1 Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Abstract Number 475 Identification of SHANK2 as a tumor suppressor disrupted by recurrent somatic structural variation (SV) in neuroblastoma. Karina Conkrite, Nicole Ferraro, Lee McDaniel, Derek A. Oldridge, Edward Attiyeh, Shahab Asgharzadeh, Maura Diamond, Jaime Guidry Auvil, Tanja Davidsen, Malcom Smith, Wendy B. London, Robert Seeger, Javed Khan, Daniela S. Gerhard, John M. Maris, Sharon J. Diskin. 476 Loss of chd5-mediated tumor suppression accelerates MYCN-driven neuroblastoma tumorigenesis in zebrafish. Mark W. Zimmerman, Shuning He, Jimann Shin, Shizhen Zhu, Marc Mansour, Keith Joung, Jinhua Quan, Timur Yusufzai, A. T. Look. 477 Inhibition of MEK confers hypersensitivity to X-radiation in the context of BRAF mutation in a model of childhood astrocytoma. Adam W. Studebaker, Kathryn Bondra, Star Seum, Justin Leasure, Christopher Chronowski, Changxian Shen, Doris Phelps, Paul D. Smith, Raushan T. Kurmasheva, Xiaokui Mo, Peter J. Houghton. 478 EWS/FLI1 transcription is modulated by the PI3K pathway via SP1 in Ewing sarcoma. Chiara Giorgi, Alexander Boro, Laura A. Lopez-Garcia, Beat W. Schaefer, Felix K. Niggli. 479 Inhibition of the splicing of the EWS-FLI1 fusion transcript reverses EWS-FLI1 driven oncogenic expression in Ewing sarcoma. Patrick J. Grohar, Suntae Kim, Sara Haddock, Guillermo Rangel Rivera, Matt Harlow, Nichole K. Maloney, Konrad Huppi, Kristen Gehlhaus, Magdalena Grandin, Carleen Klumpp-Thomas, Eugen Buehler, Lee J. Helman, Scott E. Martin, Natasha J. Caplen. 481 Rationale for targeting the protein chaperone network in rhabdomyosarcoma. Amit J. Sabnis, Christopher J. Guerriero, Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Trever Bivona. 482 Integrated genetic and epigenetic analysis defines novel molecular clusters in rhabdomyosarcoma. Masafumi Seki, Riki Nishimura, Kenichi Yoshida, Teppei Shimamura, Yuichi Shiraishi, Yusuke Sato, Motohiro Kato, Kenichi Chiba, HIroko Tanaka, Genta Nagae, Yusuke Okuno, Hajime Hosoi, Yukichi Tanaka, Hajime Ohkita, Mitsuru Miyashi, Tomoaki Taguchi, Katsuyoshi Koh, Ryoji Hanada, Akira Oka, Satoru Miyano, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Yasuhide Hayashi, Seishi Ogawa, Junko Takita. 484 Fidelity of subclonal representation in human neuroblastoma-derived cell line and patient-derived xenograft models: A report from the NCI-TARGET project. Maya Schonbach, Arnavaz Danesh, Jeff Bruce, Tito Woodburn, Tanja Davidsen, Leandro Hermida, Patee Gesuwan, Jaime Guidry Auvil, Oliver Hampton, David Wheeler, Julie Gastier-Foster, Malcolm Smith, Daniela Gerhard, John M. Maris, Patrick Reynolds, Trevor J. Pugh. 485 EWS-FLI1 targeted small molecule YK-4-279 synergizes with vinca alkaloids through double hit to mitotic machinery. Stefan K. Zöllner, Ryan Commins, Sung H. Hong, Hayriye V. Erkizan, Jeffrey A. Toretsky. 486 BET protein inhibition by JQ1 blocks EWS-FLI1 activity in Ewing sarcoma. Krista L. Bledsoe, Aaron Stonestrom, Stephan Kadauke, Laura Quick, Robert Young, Gerd A. Blobel, Margaret M. Chou. 487 Whole genome screen to identify genes targeting MYCNdriven embryonal tumors. Carol J. Thiele, Zhihui Liu, Veronica Veschi, Eugene Buehler, Scott Martin. 488 High DKC1 expression supports neuroblastoma tumor cell proliferation and is strongly associated with poor patient outcomes. Rosemary O’Brien, Michelle F. Maritz, Cheng F. Kong, Stefania Purgato, Bing Liu, Chen Yang, Amanda Russell, Jayne Murray, Claudia Flemming, Michelle Haber, Giovanni Perini, Murray D. Norris, Jamie I. Fletcher, Karen L. Mackenzie. 489 Loss of NOXA expression by INI1/SNF5 loss impaired sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents in malignant rhabdoid tumor in vitro and iv vivo. Kazutaka Ouchi, Yasumichi Kuwahara, Tomoko Iehara, Eiichi Konishi, Hajime Hosoi. 490 The Trithorax proteins menin and MLL promote Ewing sarcoma tumorigenicity. Laurie K. Svoboda, Cassondra Cramer, Ashley Harris, Natashay Bailey, Tomek Cierpicki, Jolanta Grembecka, Elizabeth Lawlor. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 491 Tumor response to cabozantinib in the TH-MYCN GEM model of neuroblastoma. Gilberto S. Almeida, Philippa King, Yann Jamin, Albert Hallsworth, Hannah Webber, Sergey Popov, Andrew D. Pearson, Louis Chesler, Simon P. Robinson. 492 Epigenetic suppression of miRNA-203 promotes Ewing sarcoma malignancy. Tim Hensel, Esther Heid, Stephanie Plehm, Stefan Burdach, Günther H. Richter. 493 Drug response profiling to inform individualized treatment approaches in high risk leukemia. Viktoras Frismantas, Anna Rinaldi, Maria Pamela Dobay, Salome Higi, Sabrina Eugster, Blerim Marovca, Peter Horvath, Mauzro Delorenzi, Joachim Kunz, Obul R. Bandapalli, Gunnar Cario, Martin Stanulla, Andreas E. Kulozik, Martina Muckenthaler, Cornelia Eckert, Thomas Radimerski, JeanPierre Bourquin, Beat C. Bornhauser. 494 MYC, dominant negative p53 and AKT transform human neural stem cells into primitive neuro-ectodermal tumors sensitive to glutaminase inhibitors. Isabella Taylor, Sama Ahsan, Antoinette Price, Charles Eberhart, Eric H. Raabe. 495 Amplification of chromosomal regions 12q13-14 and 12q15 defines a distinct subgroup of high-risk neuroblastoma patients and is associated with atypical clinical features. Susanne M. Fransson, Hanna Kryh, Niloufar Javanmardi, Inge Ambros, Ana Berbegall, Ingrid Ora, Rosa Noguera, Jurate Asmundsson, Bengt Sandstedt, Ruth Ladenstein, Peter F. Ambros, Per Kogner, Tommy Martinsson. 496 Checkpoint kinase 1 inhibition suppresses cell growth and enhances cisplatin sensitivity in medulloblastoma cells. Monil Shah, Eric Prince, Sujatha Venkataraman, Ilango Balakrishnan, Irina Alimova, Peter Harris, Marc Remeke, Michael D. Taylor, Michael H. Handler, Nicholas K. Foreman, Rajeev Vibhakar. 497 Understanding oncogenic fusions: Lessons learned from inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Merrida A. Childress, Abha Gupta, Doron Lipson, Geoff Otto, Tina Brennan, Catherine T. Chung, Scott C. Borinstein, Jeffrey S. Ross, Phillip J. Stephens, Vincent A. Miller, Cheryl M. Coffin, Jason L. Hornick, Christine M. Lovly. 498 A bivalent promoter regulates stress dependent induction of CXCR4 in Ewing sarcoma. Melanie A. Krook, Elizabeth R. Lawlor. 499 Characterization of the cell death mechanism after silencing of PAX3-FOXO1 in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma using a CRISPR-Cas mediated knockout approach. Marco Wachtel, Felix Niggli, Beat Schäfer. 500 Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor, synergizes with DFMO to inhibit neuroblastoma cell proliferation via the reversal of the LIN28/Let-7 axis. Maria Rich, Ping Zhao, Abhinav Nagulapally, Jeffrey Bond, Giselle Sholler. 501 Inhibition of exportin 1 (XPO1) by selinexor (KPT-330) synergistically suppresses growth of neuroblastoma in combination with doxorubicin or bromodomain inhibition. Pietro J. Ranieri, Rebecca Trillo, Yosef Landesman, William Senapedis, Dilara McCauley, Sharon Shacham, Michael Kauffman, John M. Maris, Edward F. Attiyeh. 502 Copy number alterations identify targeted therapies in preclinical models of osteosarcoma. Leanne C. Sayles, Marcus Breese, Alejandro Sweet-Cordero. 503 The PPM1D encoded phosphatase Wip1 is a novel oncogene and potential therapeutic target in neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma. Jelena Milosevic, Diana Treis, Malin Wickstrom, Susanne Fransson, Nina Eissler, Baldur Sveinbjörnsson, Ninib Baryawno, Keiji Tanino, Galina Selivanova, Kazuyasu Sakaguchi, Tommy Martinsson, John Inge Johnsen, Per Kogner. 504 Glutamine metabolic inhibitors suppress growth and tumorigenicity in MYC and MYCN-driven pediatric malignancies. Allison Hanaford, Catherine Guerra, Charles Eberhart, Eric Raabe, Antoinette Price. 20 20 245 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 21 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Tumor Biology Poster :LJ[PVU 21 21 Signaling Axes Regulating Motility and Invasion (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 505 Role of TMEPAI-PTEN-PI3K/Akt axis in TGF- mediated growth and metastasis of breast cancer cells. Prajjal K. Singha, Srilakshmi Pandeswara, Manjeri A. Venkatachalam, Pothana Saikumar. 2. 506 TROY-EGFR signaling complex mediates glioblastoma cells invasion and survival. Alison Roos, Zachary Mayo, Jean Kloss, Serdar Tuncali, Harshil Dhruv, Michael E. Berens, Joseph C. Loftus, Nhan L. Tran. 3. 507 Ionizing radiation regulates mutant p53-mediated cancer cell invasiveness through targeting cyclin D1. ShinHee Lee, Phillip Craigmile, Shiyong Wu. 4. 508 Identification of FRA-1 as a potential driver of pro-invasive properties in pancreatic cancer in conjunction with MUC1. Ryan L. Hanson, Michael A. Hollingsworth. 5. 509 MicroRNA-140 suppresses the migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cell possibly through targeting Smad3. Bo Song, Wenyue Zhao, Lianhong Li. 6. 510 A novel role for Olig2 in the regulation of glioma invasion. Shiv K. Singh, Nicole Giannonatti, Robert Kupp, Costanza L. Cascio, Shwetal Mehta. 7. 511 Rictor/mTORC2 drives formation, progression and therapeutic resistance of HER2-amplified breast cancers. Meghan M. Morrison, Bayley Jones, Violeta Sanchez, Monica V. Estrada, Donna Hicks, Michelle Williams, Dana BrantleySieders, Rebecca Cook. 8. 512 Pim kinases and Pim inhibitors in the regulation of prostate cancer cell migration and invasion. Sini Eerola, Niina Santio, Johanna Tuomela, Eeva-Marja Rainio, Pascale Moreau, Fabrice Anizon, Garry Corthals, Pirkko Härkonen, Päivi Koskinen. 10. 514 ARHGEF15 is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma through a mechanism involving the enhancement of cellular motility and proliferation. Hiroto Fukushima, Makiko Yasumoto, Sachiko Ogasawara, Jun Akiba, Yuhei Kitasato, Yoshiki Naito, Masamichi Nakayama, Yoshinobu Okabe, Masafumi Yasunaga, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Etsuko Sakamoto, Hiraku Itadani, Shinji Mizuarai, Shinji Oie, Hirohisa Yano. 11. 12. 13. 246 Abstract Number Poster Board Abstract Number 14. 518 O-GlcNAcylation regulates breast cancer cell invasion via the NAD+-dependent deacetylase SIRT1. Christina M. Ferrer. 15. 519 V-set and immunoglobulin domain containing 1 (VSIG1) demonstrates a tumor suppressive function in gastric cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Yusuke Inoue, Nobuya Kurabe, Shun Matsuura, Matsuyoshi Maeda, Tomoaki Kahyo, Hisaki Igarashi, Kazuhito Funai, Hiroshi Niwa, Hiroshi Ogawa, Kazuya Shinmura, Hiroyuki Konno, Takafumi Suda, Haruhiko Sugimura. 16. 520 MIEN1 drives breast cancer invasion by regulating cytoskeletal dynamics. Marilyne Kpetemey, Jamboor Vishwanatha. 17. 521 Connexin 43 and E-cadherin modulate prostate cancer cell migration. Abdulaziz Aloliqi, Ao Zhang, Adina Brett-Morris, Justin Lathia, Gail C. Fraizer. 18. 522 Involvement of Zyxin in aggressiveness of human prostate cancer. Kei Yamamoto, Yasuki Hori, Jieun Seo, Saho Hashimoto, Yoshihiro Endo, Tadashi Nittami, Yusuke Ito, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Hiroji Uemura, Masatoshi Watanabe. 19. 523 Decrease of ARNT promotes cancer metastasis by activating the fibronectin/integrin 1/FAK axis. Chi-Ruei Huang, Chung-Ta Lee, Kwang-Yu Chang, Wen-Chang Chang, Ben-Kuen Chen. 20. 524 Assessing the interaction between acetylenic tricyclic bis-(cyano enone) and cysteine residues of actin to inhibit non-small cell lung cancer cell migration. Eddie Chan, Akira Saito, Tadashi Honda, John Di Guglielmo. 21. 525 PHD3-mediated prolyl hydroxylation of nonmuscle actin impairs polymerization and cell motility. Weibo Luo, Gregg L. Semenza. 23. 527 Ectopic expression of truncated IFIT2 at C-terminal tetratricopeptide repeats enhances the migration activity of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. Prabha Regmi, Te-Chang Lee. 24. 515 Cell fate determination factor DACH1 inhibits lung adenocarcinoma invasion and tumor growth through repression of CXCL5 signaling. Na Han, Xun Yuan, Hua Wu, Hanxiao Xu, Qian Chu, Mingzhou Guo, Shiying Yu, Yuan Chen, Kongming Wu. 528 PP4C plays a braking role in Akt-driven cancer migration/invasion. Ming-Yi Ho, Shu-Mei Liang, Chi-Ming Liang. 25. 516 S100P: Cause or effect of vulvar carcinoma prognostic status. Mayara C. Botelho, Andre M. LavoratoRocha, Iara S. Rodrigues, Beatriz M. Maia, Katia C. Carvalho, Renato Puga, Fernando A. Soares, Rafael M. Rocha. 529 Phosphorylation of Thr165 within the activation loop of Nek3 kinase is necessary for its pro-migratory function in breast cancer cells. Katherine M. Harrington, Charles V. Clevenger. 26. 530 PDK1 regulates cell migration and 3D invasion of breast tumor cells by a kinase independent mechanism. Paolo Armando Gagliardi, Laura di Blasio, Desiana Somale, Alberto Puliafito, Giulia Chiaverina, Federico Bussolino, Luca Primo. 517 The role of MYST4 in ovarian carcinoma. Tsui Lien Mao, Hsuan-Ping Lin, Jim Sheu. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 23 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Clinical Research Diagnostic Biomarkers Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Abstract Number 531 lncRNA profiling and its potential usage as thyroid cancer biomarker. Song Tian, Samuel Rulli, Thomas J. Fahey, Eric Lader. 532 Circulating myeloid precursor profile as potential marker to differentiate radiation changes from tumor recurrence after brain stereotactic radiosurgery. Wen Jiang, Yvo Rodriguez, Nicolas S. Boehling, Sujit S. Prabhu, Betty Y. Kim, Patrick Hwu, Erik P. Sulman, Paul D. Brown, Jing Li. 533 S100A10 as a novel biomarker in hepatocellular carcinoma. David Kung-Chun Chiu, Carmen Chak-Lui Wong, Irene Oi-Lin Ng, Aki Pui-Wah Tse. 534 Development and validation of sandwich ELISA to quantify circulating GRP78 as a cancer biomarker. Eunjeong Yoo, Yvonne Lin, Nicos Petasis, Augustin Garcia, Stan Louie, Isaac Asante, Eugene Zhou, Song Ah Chae. 535 Selected reaction monitoring (SRM)-based assay for the quantification of biomarkers in human breast cancer tissue. Alimatou M. Tchafa, Andrew S. Lemoff, Hamid Mirzaei. 536 Human endogenous retrovirus K expression as a possible adjunct to PSA in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Ronan Downey, Laura Murillo, Teresa McHale, Tiffany Wallace, Caleb Seufert, Aaron Schetter, Tiffany Dorsey, Carol Johnson, Radoslav Goldman, Christopher Loffredo, Peisha Yan, Francis Sullivan, Francis Giles, Feng Wang-Johanning, Stefan Ambs, Sharon Glynn. 537 Information-driven approaches to predicting familial risk for prostate cancer. Emmanuelle Nicolas, Yan Zhou, Ilya G. Serebriiskii, Mark D. Andrake, Elizabeth A. Handorf, Roland L. Dunbrack, Veda N. Giri, Eric A. Ross, Erica A. Golemis, Michael J. Hall, Mary B. Daly. 538 Identification and validation of novel prostate cancer biomarkers using the Berg Interrogative Biology™ platform. Niven R. Narain, Anne Diers, Rakibou Ouro-Djobo, Joyce Chan, Leonardo O. Rodrigues, Vivek K. Vishnudas, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Viatcheslav R. Akmaev, Rangaprasad Sarangarajan. 539 Usefulness of genetic markers in pancreatic juice for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer distinguishing from chronic inflammation: A meta-analysis. Tatsuo Hata, Masaharu Ishida, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Takeshi Naitoh, Yu Katayose, Shinichi Egawa, Michiaki Unno. 540 A MALDI imaging mass spectrometry approach using tissue microarrays to identify an N-glycan biomarker panel for pancreatic cancers. Richard R. Drake, Thomas W. Powers, Benjamin A. Neely. 541 Application of novel RNA aptamer-based RNase I activity assay for pancreatic cancer biomarker development. Shiro Urayama, Aiming M. Yu. 542 CEACAM6 is upregulated by the H Pylori CAG-A oncoprotein, and is a candidate biomarker for the diagnosis of early gastric cancer. Anand D. Jeyasekharan, Rony K. Roy, Michal M. Hoppe, Kar Tong Tan, Henry Yang, Patrick Tan, Phillip H. Koeffler, Khay Guan Yeoh, Singapore Gastric Cancer Consortium. 543 A short isoform of DCLK1, transcribed from an alternate promoter in human colon cancers, represents a novel biomarker and target for diagnostic and treatment purposes. Malaney R. O’Connell, Shubhashish Sarkar, Gurinder Luthra, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Yuji Toiyama, Ajay Goel, Aakash Gajjar, Suimin Qiu, Lawrence Sowers, Pomila Singh. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Abstract Number 544 Lung cancer classification using new immunohistochemical assay with anti-p40 (BC28) mouse monoclonal antibody: Comparison with the p40 Echelon assay and anti-p63 (4A4) antibody. Katerina Dvorak, Christian Roessler, John Palting, Akira Moh. 545 Plasma-based diagnostics for detection of EML4ALK fusion transcripts in NSCLC patients. Kay Brinkmann, Daniel Enderle, Tina Koestler, Stefan Bentink, Jennifer Emenegger, Alexandra Spiel, Romy Mueller, Vincent O’Neill, Johan Skog, Mikkel Noerholm. 546 Soluble EphA2 is a potential serum biomarker for lung cancer. Tadanori Kondo, Hiroki Yumoto, Kento Usui, Kazunori Kato. 547 Diagnosis of lung tumor types based on metabolomic profiles in lymph node aspirates. Daniel R. Sappington, Scott A. Helms, Eric Siegel, Susanne K. Jeffus, Teka Bartter, Thaddeus Bartter, Gunnar Boysen. 548 Exosome as biomarkers and diagnostics in bladder cancer. Yu-Ru Liu, Christopher Silver, Yi-Fen Lee. 549 A urine based assay to select patients for initial cystoscopy. Kim E. van Kessel, Willemien Beukers, Irene Lurkin, Kirstin A. van der Keur, Lars Dyrskjot, Ulrika Segersten, Torben F. Ørntoft, Nuria Malats, Per-Uno Malmström, Francisco X. Real, Chris H. Bangma, Ellen C. Zwarthoff. 550 Evaluation of NQO1 as a potential diagnostic marker for bladder cancer. Simone Cuff, Ruth Lewis, Mohammed Jaffar, Richard Knox, Ian Weeks. 551 Identification of gene-expression biomarkers in urine pathology specimens for the detection of bladder cancer. Karen B. Chapman, Liqun Qiu, Jennifer Kidd, Aparna Baxi, Markus D. Lachter, Joseph Wagner, Dorothy L. Rosenthal, Matthew T. Olson. 552 Aberrant expression of CYR61 in bladder cancer and its preoperative diagnostic potential in muscle invasive bladder cancer. Huang Chen, Zhong J. Shou, Yu Liu, Wei Zheng, Hao Xi, Hui J. Ma, Yan N. Gao. 553 Quantification of the cobalamin (vitamin B12) TCN2 transport protein, cobalamin CD320 cell surface receptor and Ki-67 in naturally occurring canine and feline tumors and comparison to expression in adjacent normal tissues. Annette M. Sysel, Victor E. Valli, Joseph A. Bauer. 554 Detection and separation of live circulating tumor cells using lipid dye. Ranjana Mitra, Oscar Goodman Jr, Thuc T. Le. 555 A workflow for enrichment and whole genome amplification (WGA) of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) for next generation sequencing. Merisa Nisic, Sijie Hao, Ramdane Harouaka, Si-Yang Zheng. 556 The detection of viable human circulating tumor cells (v-hCTCs) in resectable pancreatic cancer induced by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) using gemcitabine, S-1 and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Masahiro Tanemura, Toshimitsu Irei, Masashi Inoue, Shinya Yamashita, Kenta Furukawa, Masaki Wakasugi, Kentaro Kishi, Hiroaki Nagano, Hiroki Akamatsu, Yasuo Urata, Nobuyoshi Hatanaka, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki. 557 A novel integrated i-FISH technology to detect and characterize non-hematopoietic heteroploid CTC subtypes with or without expressing vimentin or other tumor biomarkers. Peter Lin. 23 23 247 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 24 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Clinical Research Poster :LJ[PVU 24 24 Predictive Biomarkers: Lung and Gastrointestinal Cancers (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 248 Abstract Number 558 Correlations of FGFR1 with ligand signaling in small-cell lung cancer. Hui Yu, Andrzej Badzio, Theresa Boyle, Xian Lu, Christopher J. Rivard, Ashley Kowalewski, Brad Rikke, Kim Ellison, Leslie Rozeboom, Biftu Hassan, Fred R. Hirsch. 559 Inhibition of pro-survival pathways in lung cancer cells with functional defects in the Fanconi Anemia pathway. Li Gao, Wenrui Duan, Kathleen Dotts, Arjun Kalvala, Brittany Aguila, Gregory A. Otterson, Miguel A. Villalona-Calero. 560 Retrospective evaluation, of the randomized Phase 3 MARQUEE trial of tivantinib (T) + erlotinib (E) versus placebo (P) + erlotinib (E) using VeriStrat in patients with previously treated nonsquamous NSCLC. Giorgio Scagliotti, Wallace Akerley, Joachim von Pawel, Joanna Roder, Dale Shuster, Brian Schwartz, Dominic Spinella. 561 Development of a highly specific Met antibody for screening Met overexpression in NSCLC. Caiwei Chen, Hsiangmin E. Lu, Haitao Wei, Kehu Yuan, Donghui Ma, Wei-Wu He. 562 Alterations in chromatin remodeling pathways as a predictive biomarker of cisplatin therapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Erica Hlavin Bell, Arup R. Chakraborty, Xiaokui Molly Mo, David Carbone, Arnab Chakravarti. 563 Evaluation of EGFR mutation analysis performed by Sanger sequencing versus real-time PCR (EGFR RGQ PCR Kit). Wolfgang Dietmaier, Irene Schardt, Petra Rümmele, Eva Geissinger, Arndt Hartmann, Robert Stöhr. 564 The expression of fetal oncogene 5T4 in CTCs obtained from NSCLC patients is discordant with the expression measured in the primary tumor. Steven R. Pirie-Shepherd, Shibing Deng, Jonathon Golas, Pamela Vizcarra, Eric Tucker, Dena Marrinuci, Hans-Peter Gerber, Eric L. Powell. 565 Circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection and 5T4 characterization in breast, ovarian, and lung cancer patients on active therapy. Steven R. Pirie-Shepherd, Iman Jilani, Eric Tucker, David Valenta, Ryon Graf, Amanda Anderson, Dena Marrinucci, Puja Sapra, Eric L. Powell. 566 ChemoPlex SRM assay predicts response to specific chemotherapeutic agents in NSCLC. Eunkyung An, Tae-Jung Kim, Manish Monga, Kathleen Bengali, Alexi Drilea, Joseph Reilly, Marlene Darfler, Jon Burrows, Todd Hembrough. 568 Fibroblast growth factor receptors 2 is a novel therapeutic target in esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma. Ryuma Tokunaga, Yu Imamura, Kenichi Nakamura, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Shiro Iwagami, Junji Kurashige, Daisuke Izumi, Keisuke Kosumi,, Takaaki Higashi, Katsunobu Taki, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Yoshifumi Baba, Yasuo Sakamoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Saeki Hiroshi, Eiji Oki, Yoshihiko Maehara, Hideo Baba. 569 Comprehensive analyses of serum biomarkers associating with the increase of pro-angiogenic Tie2-expressing monocytes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hirotaka Shoji, Tatsuya Kanto, Yohei Mano, Yoshihiko Aoki, Sachiyo Yoshio, Masaya Sugiyama, Akinobu Taketomi, Masashi Mizokami. 570 PD-L1 expression in paired non-small cell lung cancer tumor samples. Jhingook Kim, Steffen Filskov Sorensen, Yoon-La Choi, Zhen (Adelle) Wang, Jong-Mu Sun, Hyejoo Choi, Jeanette Baehr Georgsen, Marisa Dolled-Filhart, Kenneth Emancipator, Dianna Y. Wu, Peter Meldgaard, Wei Zhou, Henrik Hager. 571 Circulating proteins in response to combined-modality therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer identified by antibody array screening. Erta Kalanxhi, Helga H. Hektoen, Sebastian Meltzer, Svein Dueland, Kathrine R. Redalen, Kjersti Flatmark, Anne H. Ree. 572 Proteomics analysis of the effect of fluorouracil (5FU) and 5FU/leucovorin (LV) on colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients. Kees Smid, Erik Meijer, Thang V. Pham, Inge de Reus, Sander R. Piersma, Godefridus J. Peters, Connie R. Jimenez. Poster Board 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 573 Glypican-3 is a predictive marker for recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgical resection, especially in early stage. Kazuya Ofuji, Keigo Saito, Yasunari Nakamoto, Tetsuya Nakatsura. 574 CD133 and LGR5 characterize stem-cell like subtype of colorectal cancer. Luka Stanisavljevic, Mette P. Myklebust, Olav Dahl. 575 Identification of response predictors to capecitabine/ temozolomide in metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Jonathan Strosberg, Mauro Cives, Marjorie Brelsford, Michael Black, Alan Meeker, Masoumeh Ghayouri. 576 Development and analytical validation of a novel assay for tissue detection of hyaluronan in the tumor microenvironment to select patients for molecularly targeted pancreatic cancer therapies. Arnold B. Gelb, Ping Jiang, Laurence Jadin, Daniel C. Maneval, H. M. Shepard. 577 The albumin to globulin ratio predicts chemotherapeutic outcomes in patients with unresectable metastatic CRC. Masatsune Shibutani, Kiyoshi Maeda, Hisashi Nagahara, Hiroshi Ohtani, Yasuhito Iseki, Tetsuro Ikeya, Kenji Sugano, Katsunobu Sakurai, Sadaaki Yamazoe, Kenjiro Kimura, Takahiro Toyokawa, Ryosuke Amano, Naoshi Kubo, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Masaichi Ohira, Kosei Hirakawa. 578 Molecular subgroup analysis of clinical outcomes in a phase 3 study of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin with or without erlotinib in advanced biliary tract cancer. Seung T. Kim, Joon Park. 579 TAK1-regulated expression of BIRC3 is responsible for chemoradiotherapy (CRT) resistance in esophagogastric junction (EGJ) adenocarcinoma. Geny Piro, Simone Giacopuzzi, Maria Bencivenga, Carmine Carbone, Giuseppe Verlato, Melissa Frizziero, Maria Mihaela Mina, Marco Zanotto, Valeria Merz, Giovanni De Manzoni, Giampaolo Tortora, Davide Melisi. 580 hENT1 testing in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Are we ready yet? A comparative analysis of the murine and the rabbit antibodies. Jerome Cros, Raphael Marechal, Jean Baptiste Bachet, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Jean Francois Flejou, Pieter Demetter, Magali Svrcek. 581 Mutational landscape of PIK3CA gene and its association with oral squamous cell carcinoma in Indian population. Sejalbahen S. Shah, Siddharth Shah, Harish Padh, Kiran Kalia. 582 Prognostic and predictive value of plasma protein signatures in a phase I/II trial of abituzumab combined with cetuximab/irinotecan in second-line KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Josef Straub, Eike Staub, Miriam Lohr, Giorgio Massimini, Elena Élez, Josep Tabernero. 583 Colorectal cancer cell lines recapitulate molecular and pharmacological features of clinical samples. Gabriele Picco, Mariangela Russo, Carlotta Cancelliere, Michela Buscarino, Claudio Isella, Simona Lamba, Barbara Martinoglio, Federica Di Nicolantonio, Alberto Bardelli, Enzo Medico. 584 The DEK oncogene may serve as a predictive plasma biomarker in head and neck cancer patients. Trisha Wise-Draper, Lisa Privette Vinnedge, Arun Sendilnathan. 585 Elevated levels of CD24 in head and neck squamous carcinoma cells: A potential marker for unfavorable cisplatin response. Vishnu Modur. 586 Nuclear translocation of EGFR in ameloblastomas. Núbia B. Pereira, Carolina C. Gomes, Ana Carolina de M. do Carmo, Marina G. Diniz, Dawidson A. Gomes, Ricardo S. Gomez. 587 MicroRNA expression in saliva in locally advanced oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Fabyane O. Garcia, Vivian M. Constantino, Milena P. Mak, Gilberto de Castro-Jr, Fatima S. Pasini. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 25 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Clinical Research Prognostic and Toxicity Biomarkers Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 588 Search for potential penile cancer biomarkers using frozen tissue proteome profiling by mass spectrometry. Adriana Bulgarelli, Elisângela D. Silva, Nilson A. Assunção, Isabela W. Cunha, Stenio D. Zequi, Gustavo C. Guimarães, Fernando A. Soares, José Vassallo. 2. 589 Expression levels of ABCA6 or ABCA7 predict primary Ewing sarcoma progression at diagnosis. Michela Pasello, Marilù Fanelli, Valentina Mularoni, Sonia Ciotti, Piero Picci, Massimo Serra, Katia Scotlandi. 3. 590 Identification and validation of novel candidate circulating biomarkers in high-grade soft tissue sarcoma. Amalia Conti, Claudia Fredolini, Davide Tamburro, Giovanna Magagnoli, Weidong Zhou, Lance A. Liotta, Piero Picci, Alessandra Luchini, Maria Serena Benassi. 4. 591 Prognostic implications of PI3K mutation and amplification in curatively resected liposarcoma. Joo Hoon Kim, Hyo Song Kim, Jae Seok Lee, Ki Hyang Kim, Yong Jin Cho, Kyu Hyun Park, Soo Hee Kim, Joong Bae Ahn, Woo Ik Yang, Young Han Lee, Jin-Suck Suh, Kyoo-Ho Shin, Sun Young Rha. 5. 592 Prognostic index system based on 20 genes for predicting recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Jong Hwan Kim, Seon-Kyu Kim, Seok-Joong Yun, Wun-Jae Kim, Seon-Young Kim. 6. 593 Kinetic risk assessment with biomarkers of systemic inflammation in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Wayne B. Harris, Omer Kucuk, Bradley Carthon, Yuan Liu, John Pattaras, Kenneth Ogan, Viraj Master. 7. 594 AGT mutations as a prognosis factor in patients with astrocytoma. Talia Wegman-Ostrosky, Ernesto SotoReyes, Silvia Vidal-Millan, Sonia Mejia, José Sánchez-Corona, Luis A. Herrera. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board Abstract Number 8. 595 Digital PCR validates 8q dosage as prognostic tool in uveal melanoma. Mark J. de Lange, Mieke Versluis, Sake van Pelt, Claudia A. Ruivenkamp, Wilma G. Kroes, Jinfeng Cao, Martine J. Jager, Gre P. Luyten, Pieter A. van der Velden. 9. 596 Differential cellular localization of Ephrin receptor tyrosine kinase B4 (EphB4) in melanoma progression. Nitin Chakravarti, Jonathan L. Curry, Roland L. Bassett, Victor G. Prieto. 10. 597 Coding and noncoding gene targets in pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. Sheetal A. Mitra, Anirban P. Mitra, Jonathan D. Buckley, Timothy J. Triche. 11. 598 Circulating peptides for predicting subsequent cardiotoxicity in cancer patients with chemotherapies. Jia Fan, Qing H. Meng, Christopher Bone, Stephen Igo, Ye Hu. 12. 599 A panel of mass spectrometry based serum protein tests for predicting graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and its severity. Heinrich Roder, Andreas-Claudius Hoffmann, Joanna Roder, Michael Koldehoff. 13. 600 Lower T-lymphocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with graft versus host disease in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bharat Thyagarajan, Ryan Shanley, Pallavi Prakash, Helene Barcelo, Julie A. Ross, Michael R. Verneris, Mukta Arora. 14. 601 Glycodelin expression in lung cancer and melanoma. Laura Hautala, Hannu Koistinen. 15. 602 Deleterious alterations in DNA damage response genes are associated with improved outcome in muscleinvasive bladder cancer patients treated with radiationbased bladder preservation. Neil B. Desai, Gopa Iyer, Eugene K. Cha, Sasinya N. Scott, Joseph Hreiki, John P. Sfakianos, Philip Kim, Aditya Bagroida, Bernard H. Bochner, Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Dean F. Bajorin, Michael F. Berger, Marisa A. Kollmeier, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, David B. Solit. 25 25 249 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 26 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Clinical Research Poster :LJ[PVU 26 26 Tumor- and Blood-based Genotyping (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 603 Consensus molecular subtyping through a community of experts advances unsupervised gene expression-based disease classification and facilitates clinical translation. Justin Guinney, Rodrigo Dienstmann, Xin Wang, Aurelien de Reynies, Andreas Schlicker, Charlotte Soneson, Laetitia Marisa, Paul Roepman, Gift Nyamundanda, Paolo Angelino, Brian Bot, Jeffrey S. Morris, Iris Simon, Sarah Gerster, Evelyn Fessler, Felipe de Sousa e Melo, Edoardo Missiaglia, Hena Ramay, David Barras, Krisztian Homicsko, Dipen Maru, Ganiraju Manyam, Bradley Broom, Valerie Boige, Ted Laderas, Ramon Salazar, Joe W. Gray, Josep Tabernero, Rene Bernards, Stephen Friend, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Jan P. Medema, Anguraj Sadanandam, Lodewyk Wessels, Mauro Delorenzi, Scott Kopetz, Louis Vermeulen, Sabine Tejpar. 604 Impaired cell cycle arrest with concurrent epigenetic deregulation identified through next generation sequencing in patients with advanced carcinoma of unknown primary: Implications for personalized medicine. Ishwaria M. Subbiah, Gauri Varadhachary, Apostolia M. Tsimberidou, Jennifer J. Wheler, Vivek Subbiah, Filip Janku, Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri, Ralph Zinner, David S. Hong. 605 The clinical outcome of patients with FOXL2 402C->G mutation positive adult-type Granulosa Cell Tumor of the ovary - a population based study with analysis of tissue and plasma ctDNA. Anniina Färkkilä, Melissa K. McConechy, Winnie Yang,, Nirit Rozenberg, Noora Andersson, Leila Unkila-Kallio, Ralf Bützow, Blake Gilks, David G. Huntsman, Mikko Anttonen. 606 Novel somatic mutations in the DNA-binding and coiled-coil domain of the STAT3 gene in LGL-leukemia. Emma I. Andersson, Hanna Rajala, Heikki Kuusanmäki, Arjan van Adrichem, Samuli Eldfors, Sonja Lagström, Thomas Olson, Michael Clemente, Pekka Ellonen, Caroline Heckman, Thomas P. Loughran, Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, Satu Mustjoki. 607 Genomic analyses and novel models validate CDK4 as a therapeutic target in imatinib-resistant dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Adrian Marino-Enriquez, Grant Eilers, Jeffrey Czaplinski, Mark Mayeda, Derrick Tao, Meijun Zhu, Jason L. Hornick, Ewa Sicinska, Andrew J. Wagner, Jonathan A. Fletcher. 608 Identification of genomic alteration which affects resistance to induction chemotherapy in patients with locally-advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Chan-Young Ock, Bongjun Son, Seungyoun Lee, Jaewoo Moon, Sehui Kim, Bhumsuk Keam, Tae Min Kim, Yoon Kyung Jeon, SeHoon Lee, Dong-Wan Kim, Dae Seog Heo. 609 Molecular subtyping of pancreatic adenocarcinoma identifies SV2 positive subpopulation in classical PDAC. Daniela Dias-Santos, Matteo Ligorio, Kshitij Arora, Vishal Thapar, Olivia C. MacKenzie, Srinjoy Sil, Niyati Desai, Vikram Deshpande, Miguel N. Rivera, Cristina R. Ferrone, David T. Ting. Poster Board 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 8. 610 Prospective genomic characterization of small cell lung cancer by targeted next generation sequencing. Helen H. Won, M. Catherine Pietanza, Lee M. Krug, Anna M. Varghese, Natasha Rekhtman, Lu Wang, William Travis, Paul K. Paik, Gregory J. Riely, Maureen F. Zakowski, Marc Ladanyi, Mark G. Kris, Charles M. Rudin, Michael F. Berger. 23. 9. 611 Exploratory analyses suggest ovarian tumors with somatic or germline loss of function mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are biologically similar and sensitive to PARP inhibition. Brian Dougherty, Zhongwu Lai, Jonathan A. Ledermann, Jane D. Robertson, Tony W. Ho, Wenting Wu, Darren R. Hodgson, Maria C. Orr, Mark J. O’Connor, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Timothy A. Brennan, Roman Yelensky, James X. Sun, J. Carl Barrett. 24. 10. 612 The NCI exceptional responders initiatives: Initial feasibility result. Barbara A. Conley, S. P. Ivy, James V. Tricoli, Jean-Claude Zenklusen, Roy Tarnuzzer, Irina Lubensky, Naoko Takebe, Paul M. Williams, JoAnne Zujewski, Richard Little, Jeffrey White, Elise Kohn, Shakun Malik, Ben Kim, Erin Souhan, Lou Staudt. 11. 12. 13. 250 Abstract Number 25. 26. 613 Copy number variations distinguish lung adenocarcinomas from squamous cell carcinomas. Kai Song, Guangqiang Zheng, Luc Girard, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Jack A. Roth, Carmen Behrens, Milind B. Suraokar, John D. Minna, Adi F. Gazdar. 27. 614 Clinical implications of NRG1 fusion in invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung. Ji-Youn Han, Yeon-Su Lee, Dong Hoon Lee, Dong Wan Hong, Seung Hyun Hong, Jung-Ah Hwang, Byung Il Lee, Hye Jin You, Dong Hoon Shin, Geon Kook Lee. 28. 615 Noninvasive diagnosis of actionable mutations by deep sequencing of circulating tumor DNA in multiple myeloma. Rayan Kaedbey, Olena Kis, Arnavaz Danesh, Mark Dowar, Tiantian Li, Zhihua Li, Jessica Liu, Mark Mansour, Mahadeo Sukhai, Tong Zhang, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Trevor J. Pugh, Suzanne Trudel. 29. Abstract Number 616 Blood-based molecular landscapes of resistance to EGFR blockade in colorectal cancer patients. Giulia Siravegna, Benedetta Mussolin, Michela Buscarino, Giorgio Corti, Andrea Cassingena, Giovanni Crisafulli, Ryan B. Corcoran, Agostino Ponzetti, Alfredo Budillon, Patrizia Racca, Silvia Marsoni, Federica Di Nicolantonio, Fotios Loupakis, Salvatore Siena, Andrea Sartore Bianchi, Alberto Bardelli. 617 Ultrasensitive detection of the pretreatment EGFR T790M mutation in non-small cell lung cancer patients with an EGFR-activating mutation using picodroplet digital PCR. Yasuhiro Koh, Tomoya Kawaguchi, Masaru Watanabe, Shun-ichi Isa, Masahiko Ando, Akihiro Tamiya, Akihito Kubo, Hideo Saka, Sadanori Takeo, Hirofumi Adachi, Tsutomu Tagawa, Seiichi Kakegawa, Motohiro Yamashita, Kazuhiko Kataoka, Yukito Ichinose, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Akihide Matsumura. 618 Comparison of mutational spectra in metastatic tumors and cellfree DNA in breast cancer patients. Kara N. Maxwell, Danielle J. Soucier-Ernst, Erica L. Carpenter, Andrea B. Troxel, Christopher Colameco, Candace Clark, Michael D. Feldman, Bijal Kakrecha, Melissa Langer, Joy Lee, David A. Lewis, David Lieberman, Jennifer Morrissette, Tien-chi Pan, Stephanie S. Yee, Natalie Shih, Lewis A. Chodosh, Angela M. DeMichele. 619 Identification of clinically actionable genomic alterations in the tumor and circulation of pancreatic cancer patients. Mark Sausen, Jillian Phallen, Vilmos Adleff, Siân Jones, Rebecca J. Leary, Karli Lytle, Sonya ParpartLi, Derek Murphy, Michael T. Barrett, David C. Linehan, Anirban Maitra, Ralph Hruban, Daniel D. Von Hoff, Julia S. Johansen, Luis A. Diaz, Jeffrey A. Drebin, Victor E. Velculescu. 620 Monitoring leptomeningeal metastasis treatment response using tumor cell free DNA from cerebral spinal fluid. Melanie Hayden Gephart. 621 Serum circulating DNA and nucleosomes increase in response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical resection for pancreatic cancer. Ibtehaj A. Naqvi, Ruwan Gunaratne, David Pisetsky, Rebekah White. 622 Development and validation of a scalable precision medicine system for assessing clinically relevant somatic variants in solid tumors. Daniel H. Hovelson, Andrew S. McDaniel, Andi K. Cani, Bryan Johnson, Kate Rhodes, Paul D. Williams, Santhoshi Bandla, Catherine S. Grasso, Michael J. Quist, Venkata Yadati, Anmol Amin, Bryan L. Betz, Karen E. Knudsen, Kathleen A. Cooney, Felix Y. Feng, Michael H. Roh, Peter S. Nelson, Chia-Jen Liu, David G. Beer, Seth A. Sadis, Daniel R. Rhodes, Scott A. Tomlins. 623 Evaluation of a multiplex biomarker assay for the detection of prostate cancer cells in urine. Kristen Nickens, Amina Ali, Tatiana Scoggin, Shyh-han Tan, Lakshmi Ravindranath, David McLeod, David Tacha, Isabell Sesterhenn, Albert Dobi, Shiv Srivastava, Gyorgy Petrovics. 624 Evaluation and comparison of two commercially available targeted NGS platforms to assist oncology decision making. Glen J. Weiss, Brandi R. Hoff, Robert P. Whitehead, Ashish Sangal, Susan A. Gingrich, Vivek Khemka. 625 The frequency of gene amplifications in cancer revealed by a droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) based pan-cancer gene panel test. Austin P. So, Amy Wong, Jennifer Pecson, Girish Putcha, Gregory Jensen, Michael Lucero, Gary Stone, Jason Gillman, Pravin Mishra, David Loughmiller, Derrick S. Haslem, Lincoln Nadauld. 626 Cross-site reproducibility and orthogonal validation of copy number and somatic mutation calls of OncoScan® FFPE Assay Kit in solid tumors. Joseph M. Foster, Assa Oumie, Fiona S. Togneri, Morag Taylor, Sofia Alyas, Paula Wojtowicz, Henry Wood, Emma Tinkler-Hundal, Katie Southward, Dominic McMullan, Phil Quirke, Katherine E. Keating, Mike Griffiths, Karen G. Spink, Fiona Brew, Eric Fung, Jeanette Schmidt. 627 Detection of chromosomal rearrangements in clinical tissue samples by chromosome conformation capture. Xiaobin Gao, Jianhui Wang, Jinglan Wang, Lynnette Tumwine, Jeffrey Sklar. 628 Determinants of quality of next-generation sequencing output from the strand-specific TruSight Tumor Sequencing Panel in a clinical diagnostic setting. Swati Garg, Mahadeo A. Sukhai, Mariam Thomas, Michelle Mah, Tong Zhang, Trevor Pugh, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Tracey L. Stockley. 629 Label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells for cytomorphological analysis. Corinne Renier, Edward Pao, Derek E. Go, James Che, Jianyu Rao, Nagesh Rao, Edward Garon, Jonathan Goldman, Rajan P. Kulkarni, Stefanie S. Jeffrey, Elodie Sollier, Dino Di Carlo. 630 Detection of copy number variations in breast cancer using targeted sequencing without normal tissue controls. Jan Budczies, Volker Endris, Nikola Bangemann, Thomas Wolf, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Abrecht Stenzinger, Manfred Dietel, Wilko Weichert, Carsten Denkert. 631 Utilizing Vortex Chip for enumeration and determination of singlecell heterogeneity of circulating tumor cells in prostate cancer. Edward Pao, James Che, Elodie Sollier, Andrew King, Guoping Fan, Jiaoti Huang, Dino Di Carlo, Matthew B. Rettig, Rajan P. Kulkarni. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 27 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Antibody Technologies Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 632 Tumor-targeted fusion constructs containing engineered granzyme B variants with optimized stability and potency. Khalid A. Mohamedali, Lawrence H. Cheung, Michael G. Rosenblum. 2. 633 Amanitin-based ADCs with an improved therapeutic index. Torsten Hechler, Christoph Müller, Andreas Pahl, Jan Anderl. 3. 634 Novel antibody-drug conjugates targeting Axl show anti-tumor activity in solid cancer xenograft models. Esther C. Breij, Sandra Verploegen, Andreas Lingnau, Edward N. van den Brink, Maarten Janmaat, Mischa Houtkamp, Wim K. Bleeker, David Satijn, Paul W. Parren. 4. 635 Development of anti-cancer ADCs with Concortis’ C-and K-lock technology. Gang Chen, Tong Zhu, Dylan Deng, Hong Zhang, David Miao. 6. 636 Next-generation site-specific antibody-drug conjugates using the SMARTagTM technology platform. Romas Kudirka. 7. 637 Preclinical activity of hLL2-PBD, a novel anti-CD22 antibody-pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) conjugate in models of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Francesca Zammarchi, David Williams, Karin Havenith, Francois D’Hooge, Philip W. Howard, John A. Hartley, Patrick van Berkel. Poster Board Abstract Number 16. 645 Stability and efficacy comparison of site-specific and lysine-linked maytansinoid antibody-drug conjugates. Nicholas C. Yoder, Chen Bai, Daniel Tavares, Wayne C. Widdison, Olga Ab, Kathleen R. Whiteman, Alan Wilhelm, Erin K. Maloney, Hans K. Erickson, Thomas A. Keating. 17. 646 Structurally guided development of meditopebased antibody-drug conjugates. Michael M. Matho, Elisabeth M. Gardiner, Calin D. Dumitru. 19. 647 SeriMabs: N-terminal serine modification enables modular, site-specific payload incorporation into antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Luke Harris, Daniel Tavares, Lingyun Rui, Erin Maloney, Alan Wilhelm, Juliet Costoplus, Katie Archer, Megan Bogalhas, Lauren Harvey, Rui Wu, Xuan Chen, Xiangyang Xu, Sonia Connaughton, Lintao Wang, Kathleen Whiteman, Olga Ab, Erica Hong, Wayne Widdison, Manami Shizuka, Michael Miller, Jan Pinkas, Thomas Keating, Ravi Chari, Nathan Fishkin. 20. 648 Optimization of a PEGylated glucuronideauristatin linker for antibody-drug conjugates. Patrick J. Burke, Joseph Z. Hamilton, Scott C. Jeffrey, Joshua H. Hunter, Svetlana O. Doronina, Nicole M. Okeley, Martha E. Anderson, Peter D. Senter, Robert P. Lyon. 21. 649 Supramolecular assembly of antibody-drug conjugates using CORDLink platform for targeted drug delivery. Nimish Gupta, Johny Kancharla, Shelly Kaushik, Samad Hossain, Arindam Sarkar, Aniruddha Sengupta, Monideepa Roy, Shiladitya Sengupta. 8. 638 Modulation of antibody-dependent cytokine release using Fc engineering. Michelle Kinder, Allison Greenplate, William Strohl, Robert Jordan, Randall Brezski. 9. 639 Site specific conjugation of ARX-788, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) targeting HER2, generates a potent and stable targeted therapeutic for multiple cancers. Robin C. Humphreys, Jessica Kirtely, Amha Hewit, Sandra Biroc, Nick Knudsen, Lillian Skidmore, Alan Wahl. 23. 650 A high-throughput conjugation strategy for the selection of THIOMAB™ antibodies with desired properties for antibody-drug conjugation. Rachana V. Ohri, Sunil Bhakta, Helga Raab, Richard Vandlen, Jagath Junutula, Hans Erickson. 10. 640 Probing the tumorigenic properties of two pore potassium channels using inhibitory anti-KCNK9 mAbs. Han Sun, Liqun Luo, Bachchu Lal, John Laterra, Min Li. 24. 11. 641 Trastuzumab-dolaflexin, a highly potent Fleximerbased antibody-drug conjugate, demonstrates a favorable therapeutic index in exploratory toxicology studies in multiple species. Natalya Bodyak, Alex Yurkovetskiy, Peter U. Park, Dmitry R. Gumerov, Michael DeVit, Mao Yin, Joshua D. Thomas, LiuLiang Qin, Timothy B. Lowinger, Donald A. Bergstrom. 651 Superior anti-tumor activity compared to T-DM1 in preclinical studies of targeted therapies for her2-positive cancers by a novel her2-ADC ZV0201. Hong Zhang, Zhaohui Li, Tong Zhu, Sheldon Cao, Gang Chen, David Miao. 25. 652 Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) of indolinobenzodiazepine DNA-alkylating agents. Michael L. Miller, Manami Shizuka, Nathan Fishkin, Emily Reid, Katie Archer, Erin Maloney, Chen Bai, Olga Ab, Nick C. Yoder, Rui Wu, Erica Hong, Megan Bogalhas, Alan Wilhelm, Kathleen Whiteman, Ravi Chari. 26. 653 Antibody-drug conjugates: engineered N-terminal serine residues as a novel approach for site-specific conjugation. Daniel Tavares, Lingyun Rui, Olga Ab, Luke Harris, Erin Maloney, Thomas Keating, Thomas Chittenden, Nathan Fishkin. 27. 654 PG-101 in combination with docetaxel or Herceptin improves breast cancer survival. Madhuri Wadehra, Meagan Kiyohara, Christen Dillard, Negin Ashki, Christie Qin. 28. 655 The next generation of targeted toxins: A novel deimmunized sarcin ribotoxin fused with an EphA2 Abdurin binder. Kurt R. Gehlsen, Anna Demartis, Tim Jones. 29. 656 Discovery of MAbs against difficult GPCRs, ion channels, and transporters using the MPS Discovery Engine®. Sharon H. Willis, Kimberly Mattia, Riley Payne, Moniquetta Hall, Manu Mabila, Christine Rettew, Joseph Couto, Rohan Keshwara, Cheryl Paes, Benjamin J. Doranz, Joseph Rucker. 12. 642 Cell-penetrating bispecific antibodies for targeting androgen receptor signaling in advanced prostate cancer. Nancy L. Goicochea, Maria Garnovskaya, Mary Blanton, Grace Chan, Richard Weisbart, Michael Lilly. 13. 643 Identification of novel pancreatic cancer-specific antibodies and their target antigens through a next generation immune sequencing platform. David A. Fabrizio, Sonia Timberlake, Brian Belmont, Stephen J. Goldfless, Adrian W. Briggs, Teresa J. Broering, Francois Vigneault. 14. 644 Impact of conjugation site on pharmacokinetics and off-target toxicity of site-specific antibody drug conjugates. Dangshe Ma, Fang Jin, Frank Barletta, George Hu, Nathan Tumey, Haige Zhang, Tao He, Eric Sousa, Manoj Charti, Kiran Khadke, Judy Lucas, Darren Ferguson, Christoper Brown, Weijun Ma, Scott Gatto, William Brady, Edmund Graziani, Hans-Peter Gerber, Puja Sapra, Lioudmila Tchistikova. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 27 27 251 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 28 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Poster :LJ[PVU 28 28 Signal Transduction Inhibitors (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 657 Microtubule stabilizers inhibit the cellular transport and signaling of EGFR in breast cancer cells. Cristina C. Rohena, Nicholas F. Dybdal-Hargreaves, Susan L. Mooberry. 2. 658 Phosphorylated HER3 levels associated with trastuzumab resistance in HER2 gene amplified uterine serous carcinoma xenograft tumors. Silvia F. Hernandez, Celeste DiGloria, Jolijn Groeneweg, Darrell Borger, Rosemary Foster, Bo Rueda, Whitfield Growdon. 3. 659 Sustained inhibition of HER3 and EGFR is necessary to induce regression of HER2-amplified gastrointestinal carcinomas. Simonetta Maria Leto, Francesco Sassi, Irene Catalano, Giorgia Migliardi, Eugenia Rosalinda Zanella, Andrea Bertotti, Livio Trusolino. 4. 660 Polyisoprenylated cysteinyl amide inhibitors exhibit antitumor effects in human breast cancer cell lines. Olufisayo O. Salako, Rosemary A. Poku, Augustine T. Nkembo, Typhon Mazu, Hernan Flores-Rozas, Nazarius S. Lamango. 5. 661 Increasing sensitivity of SAIT301, a specific monoclonal antibody of c-Met, with paclitaxel combination in c-Met positive gastric cancer. Sun Kyoung Kang, Jeong Min Kim, Won Suk Lee, Woo Sun Kwon, Tae Soo Kim, Seon-hui Shim, Kyung-Ah Kim, Ho-Yeong Lim, Hyun Cheol Chung, Sun Young Rha. 6. 662 USP8 modulates ubiquitination of LRIG1 for Met degradation. Ji Min Lee, Bogyou Kim, Kyung-Ah Kim. 7. 663 Targeting autophagy potentiates the anti-tumoral action of crizotinib in ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Géraldine MITOU, Julie FRENTZEL, Laurence LAMANT, Fabienne MEGGETTO, Estelle ESPINOS, Patrice CODOGNO, Pierre BROUSSET, Sylvie GIURIATO. 8. 9. 664 Understanding the drug response heterogeneity of BRAFmutated melanomas treated with targeted drugs. Buddhi B. Paudel, Leonard Harris, Darren Tyson, Vito Quaranta. 665 Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I enhances the therapeutic benefit of BRAF inhibition in mutant melanoma cell lines. Laura Schoeckel, Katharina Bitschar, Mélanie Héroult, Charlotte Kopitz, Andrea Hägebarth. Poster Board Abstract Number 16. 672 ABTL0812, a new antitumor drug that inhibits the axis Akt/mTOR through a novel mechanism of action. Tatiana Erazo, Mariana Gomez-Ferreria, Jose Alfon, Mar Lorente, Maria Salazar, Anna Lopez, Marc Cortal, Pau Munoz-Guardiola, Pedro Gascon, Guillermo Velasco, Carles Domenech, Jose M. Lizcano. 17. 673 Vulnerability of LKB1 deficient NSCLC to C8-modified adenosine analogs is associated with diminished autophagy induction. Christine M. Stellrecht, Lisa S. Chen, Mary L. Ayres, John V. Heymach, Varsha Gandhi. 18. 674 Early integrated stress response induction of ATF4 is required for the anticancer effects of the dual Akt/ERK inhibitor and TRAIL pathway inducer ONC201/TIC10. Christina Leah Kline, Pieter van den Heuvel, Joshua E. Allen, David T. Dicker, Wafik S. ElDeiry. 19. 675 Off-target based drug repurposing opportunities for tivantinib in acute myeloid leukemia. Brent M. Kuenzi, Lily L. Remsing Rix, Sateesh S. Kunigal, Fumi Kinose, Claire E. Knezevic, Gabriela Wright, Jodi L. Kroeger, Jeffrey E. Lancet, Eric Padron, Uwe Rix. 20. 676 Axitinib targets gatekeeper-mutant BCR-ABL1(T315I)driven leukemia in a distinct and selective fashion. Tea Pemovska, Eric Johnson, Mika Kontro, Gretchen A. Repasky, Jeffrey Chen, Peter Wells, Ciarán N. Cronin, Michele McTigue, Olli Kallioniemi, Kimmo Porkka, Brion W. Murray, Krister Wennerberg. 21. 677 Possible role of nimbolide in prevention and therapy of prostate cancer. Jingwen Zhang, Muthu K. Shanmugam, Amudha Deivasigamani, Alan P. Kumar, Kam M. Hui, Gautam Sethi. 22. 678 SOCS-1 inhibits proliferation of ovarian cancer cell lines by regulating JAK/STAT3 pathway and p53. Satoshi Nakagawa, Satoshi Serada, Yusuke Takahashi, Yutaka Ueda, Minoru Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Yoshino, Takayuki Enomoto, Tadashi Kimura, Tetsuji Naka. 23. 679 CF102 induces apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Shira Cohen, Faina Barer, Salomon M. Stemmer, Pnina Fishman. 10. 666 Activity of the MEK inhibitor Binimetinib (MEK162) in combination with paclitaxel in patient-derived xenograft models of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Shannon L. Winski, Karyn Bouhana, Susan Rhodes, LouAnn Cable, Deborah Anderson, Lance Williams, Brian Tunquest, Tiffany Logan, Guy Vigers, Patrice Lee. 24. 680 Identification of GLI1 antagonists for breast cancer therapy. Helen Oladapo, Jodie M. Fleming, Kezia Addo, Mike Tarpley, Ben Ehe, Shalonda Ingram, Scott Sauer, Gayathri Devi, Kevin P. Williams. 11. 667 Regorafenib inhibits colorectal tumor growth through PUMA-mediated apoptosis. Dongshi Chen, Liang Wei, Jian Yu, Lin Zhang. 25. 12. 668 Phosphoproteomic characterization of selumetinib action in KRAS mutant lung cancer. Jae-Young Kim, Eric A. Welsh, Bin Fang, Fumi Kinose, John M. Koomen, Eric B. Haura. 681 Translational pharmacology approaches to explore the novel mechanism of a pan-PIM kinase inhibitor, JP-11646, in acute myeloid leukemia. Krista E. Pundt, Carmen Baldino, Justin Caserta, Laura B. Pitzonka, Kelvin Lee, Alex Adjei, Gerald J. Fetterly. 26. 669 BGB-283 effectively enhances MEK inhibitor induced tumor suppression in RAS mutant cancers. Xi Yuan, Zhiyu Tang, Rong Du, Shing-Hu Cheung, Jing Wei, Yuan Zhao, Yunguang Du, Rui Hao, Xiaoxia Hu, Wenfeng Gong, Yong Liu, Yajuan Gao, Min Wei, Changyou Zhou, Lai Wang, Lusong Luo. 682 Targeting heat shock protein 90 with ganetespib for molecularly targeted therapy of gastric cancer. Hanqing Liu, Jian Lu, Ye Hua, Peishan Zhang, Zhiquan Liang, Lingling Ruan, Caixia Lian, Haifeng Shi, Keping Chen, Zhigang Tu. 27. 683 DEBIO0932, an Hsp90 inhibitor downregulates key signaling pathways and sensitizes glioma cells to temozolomide. Alessandro Canella, Jihong Xu, W. Hans Meisen, Balveen Kaur, Lara Rizzotto, Divya Kesanakurti, Prabakaran Nagarajan, Vinay K. Puduvalli. 29. 685 Mechanisms of intrinsic and acquired resistance to third generation inhibitors in EGFR mutant NSCLC. Matt J. Niederst. 13. 14. 15. 252 Abstract Number 670 Targeting PI3K/mTOR leads to MEK/ERK over-activation in pancreatic cancer through suppression of mTORC2. Heloisa P. Soares, Ming Ming, Michelle Mellon, Steven H. Young, Liang Han, James Sinnet-Smith, Enrique Rozengurt. 671 BKM120-mediated G2 arrest: Structural and functional segregation of off-target action and PI3K inhibition. Thomas Bohnacker, Florent Beaufils, Andrea E. Prota, John E. Burke, Anna Melone, Alison J. Inglis, Ludovico Fusco, Vladimir Cmiljanovic, Natasa Cmiljanovic, Denise Rageot, Katja Bargsten, Gonzalo Saez-Calvo, Olivier Pertz, Amol B. Aher, Anna Akhmanova, Fernando J. Diaz, Doriano Fabbro, Marketa Zvelebil, Roger L. Williams, Michel O. Steinmetz, Matthias P. Wymann. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 29 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Targeting Signal Transduction Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 686 Targeting glioblastoma and its stem cells using novel small molecule inhibitors of the mTOR pathway. John L. Gillick, Zachary E. Thwing, Sudeepta Sridhara, Raj Murali, Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal. 2. 687 Compound screen identifies PIM kinases as therapeutic targets for melanoma. Adina M. Vultur, Batool Shannan, Quan Chen, Andrea Watters, Stefan Mollin, Eric Meggers, Clemens Krepler, Michela Perego, Ling Li, Phyllis A. Gimotty, Xiaowei Xu, Meenhard Herlyn. 3. 688 Activating JAK1-S703I mutation may predict the sensitivity of JAK-STAT inhibition in hepatocellular carcinoma patient-derived xenograft tumor models. Shuqun Yang, Chonglin Luo, Qingyang Gu, Qiang Xu, Hongye Sun, Ziliang Qian, Yexiong Tan, Hao Wu, Yuxin Qin, Yuhong Shen, Xiaowei Xu, Shu-Hui Chen, Chi-Chung Chan, Hongyang Wang, Mao Mao, Douglas D. Fang. 4. 689 Characterization of two novel oncogenic FGFR2 fusions sensitive to the FGFR-selective inhibitor Debio 1347 in cholangiocarcinoma. Anne Vaslin, Stefania Rigotti, Nathalie Lembrez, Grégoire Vuagniaux, Corinne Moulon, Hiroaki Tanaka. 5. 690 Characterization of serine/threonine phosphatase LAPP1 as a diagnostic and therapeutic target for lung cancer. Yataro Daigo, Atsushi Takano, Yusuke Nakamura. 6. 691 Activity of the BET inhibitor INCB054329 in models of multiple myeloma. Matthew Stubbs, Xiaoming Wen, Valerie Dostalik, Sybil O’Connor, Eian Caulder, Alla Vogina, Thomas Maduskuie, Richard Sparks, Taisheng Huang, Nikoo Falahatpisheh, Padmaja Polam, Chu-Biao Xue, Xuesong M. Liu, Timothy Burn , Kris Vaddi, Andrew P. Combs, Reid Huber, Gregory Hollis, Peggy Scherle, Phillip C. Liu. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 692 The BET inhibitor INCB054329 is synergistic with JAK1 inhibition in models of multiple myeloma. Matthew C. Stubbs, Xuesong M. Liu, Xiaoming Wen, Jun Li, Valerie Dostalik, Sybil O’Connor, Eian Caulder, Margaret Favata, Mark Rupar, Yu Li, Beth Rumberger, Thomas Maduskuie, Richard Sparks, Nikoo Falahatpisheh, Padmaja Polam, Kris Vaddi, Timothy Burn, Andrew P. Combs, Wenqing Yao, Reid Huber, Gregory Hollis, Peggy Scherle, Phillip C. Liu. 693 A yeast synthetic lethal screen identifies a conserved interaction between PLK1 and CKS1b affecting cancer cell viability. Robert J. Reid, Xing Du, Ivana Sunjevaric, Vinayak Rayannavar, John Dittmar, Matthew Maurer, Rodney Rothstein. 694 Structure-function analysis of RPL18A, a putative binding target of rigosertib. Irina A. Oussenko, Yogesh K. Gupta, Rodrigo Vasquez-Del Carpio, M. V. Ramana-Reddy, Aneel K. Aggarwal, E. Premkumar Reddy, James F. Holland, Takao Ohnuma. 695 Synergistic antitumor effects of polo like kinase inhibitor volasertib in combination with ionizing radiation in glioblastoma. Jianwen Dong, Nghi Nguyen, Ravesanker Ezhilarasan, Shaofang Wu, Yuji Piao, Soon Young Park, Ningyi Tiao, Clifford Stephan, Erik P. Sulman, John F. de Groot. 696 Comprehensive genomic analysis identifies frequent MET juxtamembrane domain deletions as an actionable genomic alteration in pulmonary sacromatoid carcinoma. Xuewen Liu, Yuxia Jia, Yufeng Shen, Haiying Cheng, Sanjay Koul, Alain C. Borczuk, Balazs Halmos. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board Abstract Number 12. 697 c-MET as a potential target in ovarian clear-cell carcinoma. Jeong-Won Lee, Byoung-Gie Kim, Duk-Soo Bae, Yoo Young Lee. 13. 698 CPI-based Crizotinib systemic study on discovery of phenotypic off-target. Jiazhi Sun, Lun Yang, Minghua Li, Shimin Zhang, Ian E. Heller, Johnathan Samuelson, Steven Cindric, Kunal Mishra, Eslam Mohamed, Feng Cheng, Kevin B. Sneed, Lin He, Shu-Feng Zhou. 14. 699 PIK3CA/BRAF mutations negatively affect outcome of patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer treated with front line anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies: Meta-analysis results. Amr Mohamed, Kelly Schrapp, Taraq Attumi, Nabil F. Saba, Bassel F. El-Rayes. 15. 700 Investigating KRAS synthetic lethal/codependency interactions using siRNA and CRISPR. Simon F. Scrace, Elpida Tsonou, Paul Russell, Julie A. Wickenden, Steffen Lawo, Tim M. Scales, Ceri M. Wiggins, Jonathan D. Moore. 16. 701 A novel class of Ras selective inhibitors. Joshua C. Canzoneri, Xi Chen, Adam B. Keeton, Kevin Lee, Bernard Gary, Ethan B. Butler, William E. Grizzle, Landon Wilson, Stephen Barnes, Michael R. Boyd, Gary A. Piazza. 17. 702 BRAF V600E mutation in benign and malignant epithelial odontogenic tumors. Marina G. Diniz, Carolina C. Gomes, Bruna V. Guimaraes, Alessandra P. Duarte, Ricardo S. Gomez. 18. 703 A novel ATP-competitive MEK/Aurora kinase inhibitor BI-847325 reverses acquired BRAF inhibitor resistance through suppression of Mcl-1 and inhibition of MEK expression. Manali S. Phadke, Patrizia Sini, Keiran Smalley. 19. 704 Scaffold protein KSR1 is negatively regulated by merlin and promotes tumor development in merlin deficient tumors. Clemens O. Hanemann, Lu Zhou, Sylwia Ammoun, Edwin Lasonder, Vikram Sharma, Juergen Muller, Emanuela Ercolano. 20. 705 Combinatorial therapeutic targeting of BMP2 and MEK in NF1-null malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Sidra Ahsan, Daochun Sun, Michael A. Tainsky. 21. 706 Inflammatory and stem-like colorectal cell lines show differential response to MEK-162 and neratinib in combination. Rekha Pal, Nan Song, Ashok Srinivasan, Samuel A. Jacobs, Soonmyung Paik, Katherine L. PogueGeile. 22. 707 Distinct roles of Na,K-ATPase function and expression in medulloblastoma. Zhiqin Li, Alisa Litan, Seung Joon Lee, Bruce Graves, Sonali P. Barwe, Sigrid A. Langhans. 23. 708 Androgen receptor activation inhibits papillary thyroid carcinoma cell cycle progression. Melanie E. Jones, Timmy O’Connell, Anvita Gupta, Hong Zhao, Codrin Iacob, Augustine Moscatello, Edward Shin, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Raj K. Tiwari, Jan Geliebter. 24. 708A Suppression of glycolysis by retinoic acid sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to apoptosis induced by sorafenib via AMPK activation. Goshi Shiota, Hiroki Shimizu, Keita Kanki. 29 29 253 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 30 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Poster :LJ[PVU 30 30 Therapeutic Resistance in Hormone-Sensitive Cancers (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 254 Abstract Number 709 Resistance to paclitaxel in triple negative breast cancer cells is associated with ABCB1 gene rearrangement. Elaheh Ahmadzadeh, Ewa Przybytkowski, Regina Kiu, Adriana AguilarMahecha, Mark Basik. 710 CRP induction in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells. Min Chang Choi, Aree Moon, Keon Wook Kang. 711 Elimination of multi-drug-resistant breast cancer cells using combination of high-intensity focused ultrasound and lowdose generic chemotherapeutic. Howard Q. Vo, Yoo-Shin Kim, Brian E. O’Neill. 712 TNF␣-induced MUC4 elicits trastuzumab resistance in ErbB-2-positive breast cancer. María F. Mercogliano, Mara De Martino, Leandro Venturutti, Martín A. Rivas, Gloria Inurrigarro, Isabel Frahm, Cecilia J. Proietti, Franco Izzo, Patricia V. Elizalde, Roxana Schillaci. 713 Targeting glycolytic pathway with 2-Deoxy-glucose enhances lapatinib sensitivity in HER2-amplified breast cancer. Xiaosong Chen, Junjun Liu, Toby Ward, Xiaofei Liu, Yan Mao, Jessica Bockhorn, Kunwei Shen, Mark Pegram. 714 Cbl-b Inhibits p-gp transporter function by preventing its translocation into caveolae in multiple drug-resistant gastric and breast cancers. Ye Zhang, Xiujuan Qu, Yuee Teng, Ling Xu, Jing Liu, Zhi Li, Xuejun Hu, Yunpeng Liu. 715 Regulation of the ABCG2 drug efflux transporter in breast cancer cells. Vivian Y. Chua, Jennet Harvey, Jacqueline Bentel. 716 Targeting Mek-Erk pathway abrogates hypoxia-mediated lapatinib resistance in ErbB2-positive breast cancer cells. Sergey Karakashev, Mauricio Reginato. 717 Overexpression of interferon-stimulated genes is critical for the survival of aromatase inhibitor-resistant breast cancer cells. Asona Lui, Hye-Joung Choi, Joan Lewis-Wambi. 718 The effects of trastuzumab, paclitaxel, and carboplatin on HER2-positive cancer stem cells that are isolated from primary breast cancer cultures: a preliminary report. Mehmet Artac, Gozde Kayadibi, Ayca Ceylan, Meltem D. Kars, Hasibe Artac, Murat Cakır, Cem Boruban, Ahmet Tekin, Lema Tavlı, Adil Kartal. Nabholtz, Frederique Penault-Llorca. 720 Downregulation of ATP6V1B1 in HER2-overexpressing human breast cancer cell line leads resistance against trastuzumab-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Mariko Nishie, Eiji Suzuki, Kosuke Kawaguchi, Keiko Sakamoto, Yuji Fukushima, Masakazu Hattori, Tomoharu Sugie, Masakazu Toi. 721 Mevalonate pathway mediates acquired anti-HER2 treatment resistance in HER2+ breast cancer. Huizhong Hu, Lukas Simon, Lanfang Qin, Agostina Nardone, Chad Shaw, Gary Chamness, Laura Heiser, Nicholas Wang, Joe W. Gray, C. Kent Osborne, Rachel Schiff. 722 Caveolin-1-dependent endocytosis enhanced chemosensitivity of TDM-1 in HER-2-positive breast cancer cells. Yuan-Chiang Chung, Wan-Chen Wei, King-Jen Chang, Wei-Ting Chao. 723 GRB7 promotes doxorubicin resistance in triple-negative breast cancer cells via multiple signaling pathways. Kristopher A. Lofgren, Verónica Calvo, Orsi Giricz, Paraic A. Kenny. 724 Anti-tumor effect of Dasatinib in HER2 positive breast cancer with Trastuzumab resistance. Tatsuaki Takeda, Hirotaka Kanzaki, Shinichi Toyooka, Mototsugu Watanabe, Tomoaki Ohtsuka, Ken Suzawa, Shinsuke Hashida, Yuho Maki, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Junichi Soh, Hiroaki Asano, Kazunori Tsukuda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo. 725 Restoration of miR-100 sensitizes luminal A breast cancer to paclitaxel treatment by targeting mTOR. Baotong Zhang, Ranran Zhao, Yuan He, Xing Fu, Jin-Tang Dong. Poster Board 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 726 Constitutive NF-kB-activation loop enhances resistance to trastuzumab in HER2 positive luminal B breast cancer. Hirotaka Kanzaki, Nishit Makhopadhya, Xiaojiang Cui, Krishnan V. Ramanujan, Tatsuaki Takeda, Yoshihisa Kitamura, Toshiaki Sendo, Ramachandran Murali. 727 Signaling redundancy between EGFR and c-Met: molecular analysis of concurrent inhibition of c-Src and therapeutic potential against prostate cancer. Suman Rao, AnneLaure Larroque-Lombard, Ben Allal, Bertrand J. Jean-Claude. 728 New derivative of galiellalactone inhibits the STAT3 activity and suppresses ENZ-resistant Prostate Cancer in vitro. Daksh Thaper, Sepideh Vahid, Jennifer L. Bishop, Martin Johansson, Amina Zoubeidi. 729 The role of skp2 in paclitaxel-resistant prostate cancer cells. Yeguo Yang, Qiong Song, Yi Lu, Jian Zhang, Jiejun Fu. 730 The role of ZEB1/ZEB2 and III-tubulin in mediating docetaxel-resistant prostate cancer. Karen Hanrahan, Maria Prencipe, Jane Bugler, Lisa Murphy, Amanda O’Neill, R. William Watson. 731 Integrative genomic analysis to identify emergent enzalutamide resistance mechanisms in castration-resistant prostate cancer. Josha Woodward, Carly King, Daniel Coleman, Robert Lisac, Jacob Schwartzman, Nicholas Wang, Martin Gleave, Joe Gray, George Thomas, Tomasz M. Beer, Katy Van Hook, Robert Baertsch, Ted Goldstein, Josh Stuart, Lina Gao, Joshua Urrutia, Laura Heiser, Joshi J. Alumkal. 732 Using functional and chemical genomics to identify mechanisms of Enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer. Sujeeve Jeganathan, Amina Zoubeidi, Martin Gleave, Brad G. Wouters, Anthony M. Joshua. 733 A targetable GATA2-IGF2 axis confers aggressiveness in lethal prostate cancer. Samuel J. Vidal, Veronica Rodriguez-Bravo, Aidan Quinn, Estrelania Williams, Janis de la Iglesia-Vicente, Xiaochen Sun, Xintong Chen, Yujin Hoshida, Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Josep Domingo-Domenech. 734 Synergistic antitumor effect of vemurafenib and metformin in thyroid cancer. Elyse K. Hanly, Neha Y. Tuli, Robert B. Bednarczyk, Augustine L. Moscatello, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Jan Geliebter, Raj K. Tiwari. 735 Honokiol enhances the anticancer effects of doxorubicin by regulating Mucin 1 and Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) in mammary carcinoma MDA-MB-231 cells. Padmamalini Thulasiraman, Saad Alshareedah. 736 Combining PD1- and CTLA4-inhibiting antibodies with cisplatin or PARP inhibition in an attempt to eradicate BRCA1deficient mouse mammary tumors. Sohvi Blatter, Charlotte Guyader, Aslı Küçükosmanoğlu, Stephan Freriks, Karin de Visser, Piet Borst, Sven Rottenberg. 737 Clonal evolution of the HER2 L755S mutation as a mechanism of acquired HER-targeted therapy resistance. Xiaowei Xu, Agostina Nardone, Huizhong Hu, Lanfang Qin, Sarmistha Nanda, Laura Heiser, Nicholas Wang, Kyle Covington, Edward Chen, Alexander Renwick, Tamika Mitchell, Marty Shea, Tao Wang, Carmine De Angelis, Alejandro Contreras, Carolina Gutierrez, Suzanne Fuqua, Gary Chamness, Chad Shaw, Marilyn Li, David Wheeler, Susan Hilsenbeck, Mothaffar F. Rimawi, Joe Gray, C. Kent Osborne, Rachel Schiff. 738 Combined inhibition of non-canonical HER2 signaling as a strategy to overcome resistance to HER2-targeted therapies. Ronald J. Bernardi, Rocio Dominguez-Vidana, Christopher S. Bland, Kathleen A. Scorsone, Siddhartha Tyagi, Earlene M. Schmitt, Martin J. Shea, Tamika Mitchell, Mitchell Rao, Sarmistha Nanda, Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Chad Shaw, C. Kent Osborne, Rachel Schiff, Thomas F. Westbrook. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 31 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Therapeutic Resistance in Lung Cancer Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Abstract Number 739 Tumor cell plasticity with transition to a mesenchymal phenotype is a mechanism of chemoresistance that is reversed by Notch pathway inhibition in lung adenocarcinoma. Khaled A. Hassan. 740 IL-6 signaling modulates cisplatin resistance in non-small cell lung cancer via up-regulations of anti-apoptotic and DNA repair associated molecules. Shan-zhou Duan, Ying Tsai, Peter Keng, Yongbing Chen, Soo Ok Lee, Yuhchyau Chen. 741 Anti-tumor activity and acquired resistance mechanism of dovitinib in RET-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma. Chan Woo Kang, Kang Won Jang, Byoung Chul Cho. 742 Effect of Hsp90 inhibitor NVP-AUY922 with radiation on lung adenocarcinoma cell lines with acquired resistance to EGFRtyrosine kinase inhibitors. Yuho Maki, Shinsuke Hashida, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Shien, Tomoaki Ohtsuka, Ken Suzawa, Masashi Furukawa, Junichi Soh, Hiroaki Asano, Kazunori Tsukuda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Susumu Kanazawa, Shinichi Toyooka. 743 Expression profiles of EGFR, c-Met, and mTOR/Wnt alternative signaling pathway proteins in non-small cell lung cancer. Caleb Shearrow, Zachary Crees, Jennifer Girard, Kymberly Harrington, Kavin Arasi, Ceyda Bertram, Andrew Nowak, Leo Lin, Bonnie Sheu, Sunil Palani, Neelu Puri. 744 Transactivation of HER3 via heterodimerization with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) contributes to adaptive resistance to NVPBKM120 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN). Miran Yun, Jinyoung Sohn, Byoung Chul Cho. 745 Oncostatin M receptor activation leads to molecular targeted therapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer. Kazuhiko Shien, Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, Dennis Ruder, Nana E. Hanson, Neda Kalhor, J. Jack Lee, Waun Ki Hong, Ximing Tang, Roy S. Herbst, Luc Girard, John D. Minna, Jonathan M. Kurie, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Julie G. Izzo. 746 Activation of EGFR bypass signaling through TGF␣ overexpression induces acquired resistance to alectinib in ALKtranslocated lung cancer cells. Tetsuo Tani, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Junko Hamamoto, Aoi Kuroda, Daisuke Arai, Kota Ishioka, Keiko Ohgino, Ichiro Kawada, Katsuhiko Naoki, Hayashi Yuichiro, Tomoko Betsuyaku, Kenzo Soejima. 747 Glutamine, glutaminase and ␥-glutamyl-transferase activities are essential for lung tumorigenesis. Daniel R. Sappington, Eric R. Siegel, Rosalind B. Penney, Gunnar Boysen. 748 The glucose metabolism targeting therapies and withaferin A eliminate epidermal growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitorinduced drug-tolerant persisters in non-small lung cancer cells. Kei Kunimasa, Tatsuya Nagano, Yohei Shimono, Shuntaro Tokunaga, Daisuke Tamura, Motoko Tachihara, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Nishimura. 749 Both amplification and protein expression are required to predict FGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor sensitivity in lung cancer. Hiromichi Ebi, Hiroshi Kotani, Seiji Yano. 750 Overcoming resistance to anti-EGFR therapy in non-small cell lung cancer with a T-type Ca2+ channels inhibitor. Barbara Dziegielewska, Lloyd S. Gray, Jaroslaw Dziegielewski. 751 In vitro activity of dianhydrogalactitol alone or with platinum drugs in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Anne Steino, Guangan He, Jeffrey A. Bacha, Sarath Kanekal, Dennis M. Brown, Zahid H. Siddik. 752 Elucidating the mechanisms of acquired resistance in lung adenocarcinomas. Sandra Ortiz-Cuarán, Lynnette Fernandez-Cuesta, Christine M. Lovly, Marc Bos, Matthias Scheffler, Sebastian Michels, Kerstin Albus, Lydia Meyer, Katharina König, Ilona Dahmen, Christian Mueller, Luca Ozretić, Lars Tharun, Philipp Schaub, Alexandra Florin, Berit Pinther, Nike Bahlmann, Sascha Ansén, Martin Peifer, Lukas C. Heukamp, Reinhard Buettner, Martin L. Sos, Jürgen Wolf, William Pao, Roman K. Thomas. 753 Genomic alterations of autophagy genes disrupts autophagic flux in human lung adenocarcinomas. Ines Pulido, Juan L. Pascual, Margaret Soucheray, Maria L. Rodriguez, Daniel T. Crespo, Salvador Aparisi, Joan A. Sirerol, Salvador Mena, Javier Pereda, Fatima Al-shahrour, Angel L. Ortega, Takeshi Shimamura, Julian Carretero. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 5551 Anti-tumorigenic function of polyphenolic compounds on gefitinib resistant lung cancer. Ai N. Phan, Yangsik Jeong. 755 Neuropilin-2 promotes acquired resistance to EGFR-tyrosine 31 31 kinase inhibitors in association with the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung cancer. Patrick Nasarre, Joyce Nair-Menon, Anastasios Dimou, Krystyna Kuchinski, Takeshi Yoshida, Hidetaka Uromoto, Eric B. Haura, Robert M. Gemmill, Harry A. Drabkin. 756 Inhibition of ABCB1 overcomes cancer stem cell-like properties and acquired resistance to MET inhibitor in non-small cell lung cancer. Teppei Sugano, Masahiro Seike, Rintaro Noro, Chie Soeno, Shinji Nakamichi, Nobuhiko Nishijima, Masaru Matsumoto, Susumu Takeuchi, Akihiko Miyanaga, Kaoru Kubota, Akihiko Gemma. 757 Activation of receptor-interacting serine/threonine protein kinase-2 (RIP2K) via EGFR-mediated CRAF transactivation induces the acquired resistance to Dabrafenib in BRAF V600E mutant nonsmall cell lung cancer. Kangwon Jang, Jinyoung Sohn, Sung-Moo Kim, Kyoung Jin Kim, Byoung Chul Cho. 758 Loss of USP1 translational control as a targetable cisplatin resistance mechanism in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Carole Helissey, Tony Sourisseau, Hélène Mahieu, Céline Lefebvre, Stephan Vagner, Jean-Charles Soria, Ken Olaussen. 759 Metformin enhances the benefit of ALK inhibitors in ALK translocation-positive non-small cell lung cancer cells. Mi Young Kim, Geum Ock Kim, Dong Hoon Shin, Tae Min Kim, Jin-Soo Kim. 760 On the evolution of erlotinib-resistant NSCLC subpopulations. Michael E. Ramirez, Robert J. Steininger, Lani F. Wu, Steven J. Altschuler. 761 Changing the paradigm for treating drug resistance in NSCLC: Novel combinations of AZD6094, a selective MET inhibitor, and an irreversible, selective (EGFRm/T790M) EGFRTKI, AZD9291. Celina D’Cruz, Evan Barry, Ryan Henry, Lillian Castriotta, Alwin Schuller, Garry Beran, Susan Ashton, Cath Eberlein, Corinne Reimer, Melanie Frigault, Michael Zinda, Darren Cross, Stephen Fawell. 762 Ganetespib resistance in KRAS mutant NSCLC is mediated through bypassing the G2/M checkpoint and reactivating the PI3K/ MTOR pathway. Suman Chatterjee, Timothy F. Burns. 763 Implications of resistance patterns with NSCLC targeted agents. David J. Stewart, Paul Wheatley-Price, Rob MacRae, Jason Pantarotto. 764 Rational combination of PF-06463922 (next-generation ALK inhibitor) with PI3K pathway inhibitors overcomes ALKi resistance in EML4-ALK+ NSCLC models. Ping Wei, Ming Qiu, Nathan Lee, Joan Cao, Hui Wang, Konstantinos Tsaparikos, Conglin Fan, Timothy Sargis, Justine Lam, Maruja E. Lira, Goldie Lui, James Hardwick, Valeria Fantin, Paul Rejto, Tod Smeal. 765 Overcoming acquired EGFRi resistance in NSCLC with targeted beam irradiation in combination with targeted agents. Andrew McKenzie, Nektaria Papadopoulou, Lucy Page, Simon Jiang, Jane Wrigley, Yinfei Yin, Qian Shi, Martin Page, Ian Wilson, Rajendra Kumari. 766 Suppression of gefitinib-induced EMT in EGFR mutant NSCLC preferentially selects for acquired T790M. Margaret Soucheray, Marzia Capelletti, Ines Pulido, Yunan Kuang, Cloud P. Paweletz, Jeffrey H. Becker, Eiki Kikuchi, Chunxiao Xu, Tarun B. Patel, Fatima Al-shahrour, Julian Carretero, Kwok-Kin Wong, Pasi A. Janne, Geoffrey I. Shapiro, Takeshi Shimamura. 767 Oncogenic mutant KRAS modulates EZH2 expression through MEK-ERK and PI3K/AKT signaling in NSCLC: differential effects of different KRAS mutations and increased efficacy of inhibition combined with EZH2 targeted therapy. Erick M. Riquelme, Li Shen, Jing Wang, Carmen Behrens, George Simon, Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, John D. Minna, Ignacio I. Wistuba. 768 A kinome-wide siRNA screen identifies modifiers of sensitivity to the EGFR T790M-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), AZD9291, in EGFR mutant lung adenocarcinoma. Eiki Ichihara, Joshua A. Bauer, Pengcheng Lu, Fei Ye, Darren Cross, William Pao, Christine M. Lovly. 255 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 32 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Poster :LJ[PVU 32 32 Tyrosine Kinase and Phosphatase Inhibitors (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 256 Abstract Number 769 In vivo response and molecular characterization of a Caucasian NSCLC squamous cell carcinoma PDX sensitive to FGFR inhibitors. Andrew McKenzie, Nektaria Papadopoulou, Yinfei Yin, Simon Jiang, Jane Wrigley, Jie Cai, Martin Page, Henry Li, Rajendra Kumari. 770 E7090: A potent and selective FGFR inhibitor with activity in multiple FGFR-driven cancer models with distinct mechanisms of activation. Saori W. Miyano, Yuji Yamamoto, Kotaro Kodama, Setsuo Funasaka, Satoshi Nagao, Naoko H. Sugi, Hiroko Kuramochi, Katsuyuki Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Okamoto, Yukinori Minoshima, Takayuki Nakagawa, Yusuke Nakatani, Yuki Karoji, Isao Ohashi, Yoshinobu Yamane, Keigo Tanaka, Toshimi Okada, Tomohiro Matsushima, Junji Matsui, Masao Iwata, Akihiko Tsuruoka, Toshimitsu Uenaka. 771 Preclinical characterization of the selective FGFR inhibitor INCB054828. Phillip C. Liu, Liangxing Wu, Holly Koblish, Kevin Bowman, Yue Zhang, Ronald Klabe, Lynn Leffet, Darlise DiMatteo, Mark Rupar, Karen Gallagher, Michael Hansbury, Colin Zhang, Chunhong He, Paul Collier, Maryanne Covington, Richard Wynn, Swamy Yeleswaram, Kris Vaddi, Timothy Burn, Wenqing Yao, Reid Huber, Peggy Scherle, Gregory Hollis. 772 Anti-tumor efficacy of the selective pan-FGFR Inhibitor BAY 1163877 in preclinical squamous cell carcinoma models of different origin. Mélanie Héroult, Matthias Ocker, Charlotte Kopitz, Dieter Zopf, Andrea Hägebarth, Karl Ziegelbauer, Stuart Ince, Peter Ellinghaus. 773 Alectinib shows potent antitumor activity against both ALKand RET-rearranged non-small cell lung cancers. Tatsushi Kodama, Toshiyuki Tsukaguchi, Yasuko Satoh, Miyuki Yoshida, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Osamu Kondoh, Hiroshi Sakamoto. 774 Cabozantinib, a multi-target receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, decreases tumor growth and angiogenesis in a patientderived dedifferentiated liposarcoma xenograft. Haifu Li, Agnieszka Wozniak, Karel Van Den Bossche, Thomas Van Looy, Jasmien Wellens, Daphne Hompes, Dana Aftab, Maria Debiec-Rychter, Raf Sciot, Patrick Schöffski. 775 Anti-tumor effects of dovitinib, a multi-target kinase inhibitor, in patient-derived gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) xenograft models. Yemarshet K. Gebreyohannes, Thomas Van Looy, Agnieszka Wozniak, Jasmien Wellens, Haifu Li, Jasmien Cornillie, Ulla Vanleeuw, Lise Vreys, Matthew Squires, Ana-Maria Rodringuez, Maria Debiec-Rychter, Raf Sciot, Patrick Schöffski. 776 Pre-clinical evaluation of ceritinib in anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Siddhartha Ganguly, Sudhakiranmayi Kuravi, Satyanarayana Alleboina, Brandon Weckbaugh, Deepti Satelli, Jensen Roy, Scott Weir, Joseph McGuirk, Ramesh Balusu. 777 Effects of Src inhibitors and soy isoflavones on human prostate cancer cells. Lori P. Rice, Christine Pampo, Sharon Lepler, Dietmar W. Siemann. 778 The identification and structure-guided optimisation of potent and selective inhibitors of oncogenes in medullary thyroid carcinoma and lung adenocarcinoma. Roger J. Butlin, Rebecca Newton, Mandy Watson, Gemma Hopkins, Ben Acton, Kate Bowler, Samantha Fritzl, Kristin Goldberg, Niall Hamilton, Sarah Holt, Stuart Jones, Allan Jordan, Nikki March, Daniel Mould, Helen Small, Alexandra Stowell, Ian Waddell, Bohdan Waszkowycz, Donald Ogilvie. 779 Blockade of the IL-6/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway inhibits pancreatic tumor cell growth in 3D spheroid cultures and in xenograft models. Jun Li, Eian Caulder, Margaret Favata, Melody Diamond, Beth Rumberger, Holly Koblish, Taisheng Huang, Chu-Biao Xue, Wenqing Yao, Jordan Fridman, Peggy Scherle, Mike Liu, Reid Huber, Kris Vaddi. 780 Multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor Cabozantinib as a therapeutic agent in MET-overexpressing gastric cancer. Audrey H. Choi, Jianming Lu, Sangjun Lee, Peiguo Chu, Vincent Chung, Ren-Jang Lin, Joseph Kim, Joseph Chao. 781 The potent ALK inhibitor AP26113 can overcome mechanisms of resistance to first- and second-generation ALK TKIs in preclinical models. Sen Zhang, Sara Nadworny, Scott D. Wardwell, Lindsey Eichinger, Biplab Das, Emily Y. Ye, J. G. Hodgson, Victor M. Rivera. Poster Board 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 782 Modulation of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling by cMET inhibitor, INC280, in cMETmut/amp gastric carcinoma cell line Hs746.T. Maria C. Pinzon-Ortiz, Xianhui Rong, Jinsheng Liang, Hui Qin Wang, Alan Huang, Robert Schlegel, Z. Alexander Cao. 783 Ponatinib demonstrates antitumor activity in RET- and FGFR-driven patient-derived xenografts. Joseph M. Gozgit, Youngchul Song, Victor M. Rivera. 784 Nonclinical activity of the FGFR, VEGFR and PDGFR inhibitor lucitanib in FGFR3 translocated tumor models. Minh Nguyen, Kevin K. Lin, Mike F. Burbridge, Andrew D. Simmons, Thomas C. Harding. 785 IRAK4 inhibitors display synergistic activity when combined with BTK or PI3K inhibitors in B cell lymphomas. Eric G. Vajda, Robert Niecestro, Lin Zhi, Keith B. Marschke. 786 Effects of combination treatment with cabozantinib and bortezomib in the 5TGM1 murine multiple myeloma model. Mari I. Suominen, Katja M. Fagerlund, Esa Alhoniemi, Jukka P. Rissanen, Jussi M. Halleen, Dana T. Aftab. 787 FLX925 (AMG 925) is a rationally designed FLT3, CDK4/6 inhibitor that retains potency against clinically relevant secondary resistance mutations in FLT3. Cong Li, Lingming Liang, Liqin Liu, Zhen Xia, Zhihong Li, Xianghong Wang, Lawrence McGee, Angus Sinclair, Sasha Kamb, Dineli Wickramasinghe, Sachie Marubayashi, Juan C. Jaen, Jordan S. Fridman, Kang Dai. 788 A novel, potent and selective pan-Trk inhibitor ONO5390556, demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in cancer cells harboring the TrkA rearrangement. Kohki Tsukamoto, Toshio Yoshizawa, Ryohei Kozaki, Kazuhito Kawabata. 789 CT413 is a novel dual Axl/Mer inhibitor that potently inhibited the growth of Axl overexpressed tumors. Ning Xi, Tingjin Wang, Yanjun Wu, Min Liao, Yanming Feng, Ning Kang, Zhaohe Wang, Yingjun Zhang. 790 Altiratinib is a potent inhibitor of TRK kinases and is efficacious in TRK-fusion driven cancer models. Bryan D. Smith, Cynthia B. Leary, Benjamin A. Turner, Michael D. Kaufman, Scott C. Wise, Maria E. Garcia-Rendueles, James A. Fagin, Daniel L. Flynn. 791 BLU-285, the first selective inhibitor of PDGFR␣ D842V and KIT Exon 17 mutants. Erica K. Evans, Brian L. Hodous, Alexandra K. Gardino, Alison Davis, Julia Zhu, Adam Shutes, Joseph L. Kim, Kevin J. Wilson, Doug Wilson, Yulian Zhang, Tat Chu, Nancy E. Kohl, Vivek Kadambi, Timothy Guzi, Christoph Lengauer. 792 ASN002: A novel dual SYK/JAK inhibitor with strong antitumor activity. Sanjeeva Reddy, Nitin K. Damle, Aranapakam M. Venkatesan, Scott K. Thompson, Niranajan Rao, Roger A. Smith, Sandeep Gupta. 793 Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1R)/insulin receptor (INSR) inhibitory activity of rociletinib (CO-1686) and its metabolites in nonclinical models. Andrew D. Simmons, Sarah Jaw-Tsai, Henry J. Haringsma, Andrew Allen, Thomas C. Harding. 794 Prognostic value of high c-Met expression in patients with poor prognosis pancreatic adenocarcinoma following surgical resection: comparison of three c-Met scoring methods and exploration of underlying mechanisms of c-Met overexpression. Cindy Neuzillet, Annemilaï Tijeras-Raballand, Jérôme Raffenne, Armand de Gramont, Pierre Bedossa, Valérie Paradis, Alain Sauvanet, JeanBaptiste Bachet, Eric Raymond, Pascal Hammel, Anne Couvelard, Jérôme Cros. 795 Dovitinib exerts potent antitumor effects in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Huynh T. Hung, Richard Ong, Pierce Chow. 796 Alofanib, a novel allosteric FGFR2 inhibitor, shows potent antitumor activity in ovarian cancer with FGFR2 expression. Sergei Tjulandin, Mikhail Byakhov, Evgenia Stepanova, Dmitry Khochenkov, Daniel Harrison, Ilya Tsimafeyeu. 797 Discovery of a highly selective and potent small molecule inhibitor against c-MET for cancer therapy. Rudi Bao, Zhongzong Pan, Zhiming Zhao, Hongping Yu, Yaochang Xu. 798 NMS-P088, a dual FLT3-KIT inhibitor active also on gatekeeper mutations and devoid of QTc prolongation. Marina Ciomei, Nadia Amboldi, Sabrina Cribioli, Daniele Casero, Angela Greco, Antonella Isacchi, Enrico A. Pesenti, Daniele Donati, Arturo Galvani, Andrea Lombardi Borgia. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 34 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Carcinogenesis Carcinogenic Mechanisms 1 Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Abstract Number 799 Protein kinase C cooperates with Pten deficiency to regulate NF-B pathway in prostate cancer progression. Rachana Garg, Jorge Blando, Carlos J. Perez, Fernando J. Benavides, Marcelo G. Kazanietz. 800 Dysregulation of DLL4 gene expression in LiFraumeni syndrome and tumorigenesis. Zhixing Yao, Zaki A. Sherif. 801 IKK␣ at the crossroad between inflammation, oxidative stress and lung carcinogenesis. Na-Young Song, Jami Willette-Brown, Mahesh Dalta, Yinling Hu. 802 The inactivation of PP2A caused by the replacement of its regulatory subunit plays a crucial role in the hemangiomagenesis. Qin Xu, Furong Xie. 803 Overexpression of NRF1 leads to the generation of cancer stem-like cells and resistance to anoikis _ pathways to anchorage-independent growth during estrogen-induced malignant transformation. Jayanta Das, Deodutta Roy. 804 Energetic metabolism and DNA damage response in fibroblasts from Li-Fraumeni syndrome patients: new insights into the molecular mechanisms of the disease. Gabriel Macedo, Sylvie Sauvaigo, Michele Silva Alves, Sylvain Caillat, Igor Araujo Vieira, Fernanda Timm, Cristina Brinckmann Oliveira Netto, Mauro Antonio Alves Castro, Ivi Bristot, Angela Fachel, Fabio Klamt, Patricia Ashton-Prolla. 805 Subcellular distribution of RAGE affects its functions in melanoma growth and progression. Maike Reith, Wolf-Henning Gebhardt, Kathrin Tarnanidis, Nikolaus B. Wagner, Kristian Ikenberg, Coretta Kehrel, Jochen Utikal, Christoffer Gebhardt. 806 Modeling human UV-induced skin cancer through genetic manipulation of Src-kinases and Srcasm. Xiaoping Yang, Sheila Shankar, Hiroshi Maeno, Micheal Gober, Christine Marshall, Tzvete Dentchev, John Seykora. 807 Parental radiation elicits increased intestinal tumorigenesis in the F1 generation of APCMin/+ and APC1638N/+ mice. Shubhankar Suman, Santosh Kumar, Bo-Hyun Moon, Ziling Fan, Albert J. Fornace, Kamal Datta. 808 Cystine stones as a potential cause of bladder cancer in Slc3a1 knockout male mice. Kathleen M. Capaccione, Min Yang, Lourdes Serrano, Jay A. Tishfield, Amrik Sahota. 809 BrafV637E mutation as an early change in hepatocarcinogenesis induced by neonatal treatment with diethylnitrosamine in B6C3F1 mice. Masahiro Yamamoto, Hiroki Tanaka, Xin Bing, Yuji Nishikawa, Kohsuke Yamazaki, Keiko Shimizu, Katsuhiro Ogawa. 810 Non-genotoxic hepatocarcinogens induce growth and anti-apoptotic pathways in hepatocytes via mesenchymal cytokines. Bettina Grasl-Kraupp, Teresa Riegler, Marzieh Nejabat, Jakob Paur, Johannes Eichner, Michael Roemer, Andreas Zell, Rolf Schulte-Hermann, Wolfgang Huber. 811 Induction of stem-like cells with malignant properties by chronic exposure of immortalized normal human urothelial cell line to arsenic. Akira Oki, Shahnaz Begum, Mariana Brait, David Sidransky, Mohammad O. Hoque. 812 Processing of core protein by signal peptide peptidase participates in propagation and pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus. Toru Okamoto, Sayaka Aizawa, Takahisa Kouwaki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Takasuke Fukuhara, Kohji Moriishi, Kazuhiko Koike, Yoshiharu Matsuura. 813 Human papillomavirus 16 oncoprotein E6 upregulates c-Met partially through p53 in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Guoqing Qian, Dongsheng Wang, Kelly R. Magliocca, Praveen Duggal, Sreenivas Nannapaneni, Sungjin Kim, Zhengjia Chen, Dong M. Shin, Nabil F. Saba, Zhuo G. Chen. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 814 Truncated HBx-dependent silencing of growth arrest-specific 2 promotes hepatocarcinogenesis through inhibition of p53-mediated apoptosis. Alfred S. Cheng, Ranxu Zhu, Myth T. Mok, Wai Kang, Ka-Fai To, Joseph J. Sung, Henry L. Chan. 815 DTX1 is an epigenetically regulated tumor suppressor gene discovered by integrative analysis of epigenetic and transcriptional alterations in HNSCC. Daria A. Gaykalova, Veronika Zizkova, Ilse Tiscareno, Yingying Wei, Rajita Vatapalli, Patrick T. Hennessey, Julie Ahn, Ludmila V. Danilova, Zubair Khan, Justin A. Bishop, Wayne M. Koch, William H. Westra, Michael F. Ochs, Joseph A. Califano. 816 Persistent effects of radiation on intestinal stem cells: implications for colorectal carcinogenesis. Kamal Datta, Shubhankar Suman, Santosh Kumar, Albert J. Fornace. 817 Lipid, glucose and global oxidation in relation to prostate cancer development. Tianying Wu. 818 Chronic oxidative stress induces conversion of estrogen-dependent non-aggressive breast cancer cells into estrogen-independent aggressive phenotype. Prathap Kumar S. Mahalingaiah, Logeswari Ponnusamy, Kamaleshwar P. Singh. 819 Fatty acid synthase, cycloxygenase-2 (COX-2) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) expression in invasive breast cancer: Implications in carcinogenesis. Sudeshna Goswami, Neelam Sharma-Walia. 820 Analysis of potential mutagenic effects of World Trade Center dust on in vitro systems. Barbara Soares, Kayla Cortese, Ann Marie DiLorenzo. 821 Human mammary tumor virus(HMTV) is deeply involved in breast cancer and metastasis. James F. Holland, Stella Melana, Shabnam Jaffer, Polly Etkind, Teiko Nartey, Tina Lee, Beatriz G.T. Pogo. 822 Genetically engineered mouse models of catastrophic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Takashi Yamaguchi, Sanae K. Ikehara, Hayao Nakanishi, Yuzuru Ikehara. 823 Gene expression profiling for oncogenic Kras mutation in mice and human colorectal cancer. Hiroaki Niitsu, Takao Hinoi, Yasuo Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Sentani, Naohide Oue, Yusuke Sotomaru, Tomohiro Adachi, Yasufumi Saito, Masashi Miguchi, Masatoshi Kochi, Manabu Shimomura, Wataru Yasui, Hideki Ohdan. 824 A novel mechanism of areca nut-induced oral cancer is through the conversion of cancer stem cells to acquire malignant phenotypes. Yi-Chen Li, Ann-Joy Cheng. 825 Molecular mechanisms of regulation of cytochrome P4501A enzymes by 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) in mice in vivo. Bhagavatula Moorthy, Jiang Weiwu, Lihua Wang, Chun Chu, Sudha R. Kondraganti, Paramahamsa Maturu. 826 DNA adducts induced by in vitro activation of diesel and biodiesel exhaust extracts. Jeffrey A. Ross, Garret B. Nelson, Esrta Mutlu, Sarah H. Warren, Matthews P. Peggy, M. Ian Gilmour, David M. DeMarini. 827 Analysis of p63 protein expression in rat ventral prostate submitted to intrauterine undernutrition associated to hormonal exposure in adult life. Jaqueline C. Rinaldi, Caroline N. Barquilha, Sergio A. Santos, Ana C. Camargo, Ketlin T. Colombelli, Sergio L. Felisbin, Luis A. Justulin. 828 Methylation status of HPV16 E2-binding sites identifies subtypes of HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas. Ernst-Jan M. Speel, Miriam Reuschenbach, Christian U. Huebbers, Elena-Sophie Prigge, Justo L. Bermejo, Simon Kalteis, Simon Preuss, Jutta Kolligs, Nadine C. Olthof, Bernd Kremer, Steffen Wagner, Jens P. Klussmann, Svetlana Vinokurova, Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz. 34 34 257 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 35 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Epidemiology Poster :LJ[PVU 35 35 Cancer Risk/Mortality: Exposures, Biomarkers, and Genetics 1 (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 258 Abstract Number 829 Circulating immune/inflammation markers in Chinese workers occupationally exposed to formaldehyde. Qing Lan, Wei Jie Seow, Luoping Zhang, Roel Vermeulen, Xiaojiang Tang, Wei Hu, Bryan A. Bassig, Zhiying Ji, Meredith S. Shiels, Troy J. Kemp, Min Shen, Chuangyi Qiu, Boris Reiss, Laura B. Freeman, Aaron Blair, Christopher Kim, Weihong Guo, Cuiju Wen, Laiyu Li, Ligia A. Pinto, Hanlin Huang, Martyn T. Smith, Allan Hildesheim, Nathaniel Rothman. 830 Gene-specific promoter methylation is related to micronuclei frequency in urothelial cells from individuals exposed to organic solvents and paints. Luz S. Hoyos-Giraldo, Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos, Diana SaavedraTrujillo, Ingrid Reyes-Carvajal, Adriana Muñoz, Elizabeth Londoño-Velasco, Angela Tello, Silvio Carvajal, Regina Santella. 831 In utero polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and genome-wide DNA methylation modifications at birth in children who develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Semira Gonseth, Todd P. Whitehead, Ritu Roy, E. Andres Houseman, Adam J. de Smith, Mi Zhou, Seung-Tae Lee, Margaret R. Wrensch, Stephen M. Rappaport, Catherine Metayer, Joseph L. Wiemels. 832 Midlife racial differences In leukocyte telomere length and in associations between modifiable factors and telomere length. Kari A. Weber, Christopher M. Heaphy, Edward Giovannucci, Elizabeth A. Platz, Alan K. Meeker, Health Professionals Follow-up Study Investigators. 833 Persistent alterations of gene expression profiling of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells from smokers. Daniel Y. Weng, Jinguo Chen, Cenny Taslim, Ping-Ching Hsu, Catalin Marian, Sean P. David, Christopher A. Loffredo, Peter G. Shields. 834 Plasma MICA and pancreatic cancer. Anna E. Prizment, Heather H. Nelson, Bharat Thyagarajan, Amy M. Linabery, Kristin E. Anderson. 835 COPD and risk of lung cancer in post-menopausal women: findings from the Women’s Health Initiative. Michele L. Cote, Amy Lehman, Rowen Chlebowski, Brittany Haynes, Gloria Ho, Manali Patel, Lori Sakoda, Michael Simon, Heather Wakelee, Ann Schwartz. 836 Gene-environment interaction of genome-wide association study-identified susceptibility loci and meat-cooking mutagens in renal cell carcinoma etiology. Stephanie C. Melkonian, Carrie R. Daniel, Yuanqing Ye, Nizar M. Tannir, Jose A. Karam, Surena F. Matin, Christopher G. Wood, Xifeng Wu. 837 Pathogenesis and progression of esophageal adenocarcinoma by prior diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus. Michael B. Cook, Jennifer Drahos, Shannon Wood, Lindsey Enewold, Ruth Parsons, Neal D. Freedman, Philip R. Taylor, Winnie Ricker, Christian C. Abnet. 838 Household stove improvement and lung cancer mortality in Xuanwei, China: A 33-years’ follow-up study. Wei Jie Seow, Wen-Qing Li, Robert S. Chapman, Wei Hu, Roel Vermeulen, Xingzhou He, Bryan A. Bassig, Christopher Kim, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan. 839 Effects of occupational exposure to carbon black on peripheral white blood cell counts. Yufei Dai, Rong Zhang, Yong Niu, Huawei Duan, Tao Meng, Meng Ye, Meili Shen, Ping Bin, Shanfa Yu, Roel Vermeulen, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan, Yuxin Zheng. 840 Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and LINE-1 methylation. Wei Hu, Luoping Zhang, Christopher Kim, Xiaojiang Tang, Sungkyoon Kim4, Bryan Bassig, Wei-Jie Seow, Min Shen, Chuangyi Qiu, Yechen Ge, Boris Reiss, Mark Purdue, Lee Moore, Laiyu Li, Fei Yue, Hanlin Huang, Martyn T. Smith, Roel Vermeulen, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan. 841 SNP-FEMS: a method to identify DNA binding proteins interacting with enhancer elements. Gustavo A. Mendoza-Fandino, Nicholas Woods, Rebekah Baskin, Anxhela Gjyshi, Alvaro N. Monteiro. 842 Two new loci and gene sets related to sex determination and cancer progression are associated with susceptibility to testicular germ cell tumor. Tom Grotmol, Wenche Kristiansen, Robert Karlsson, Trine B. Rounge, Thomas Whitington, Bettina K. Andreassen, Patrik K. Magnusson, Hans-Olov Adami, Clare Turnbull, Trine B. Haugen, Fredrik Wiklund. 843 Imputation and meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies identify multiple new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor. Zhaoming Wang, Peter A. Kanetsky, Katherine A. McGlynn, D. Timothy Bishop, Charles C. Chung, Marlene D. Dalgaard, Tom Grotmol, Mark H. Greene, Ramneek Gupta, Trine B. Haugen, Kevin Litchfield, Jennifer T. Loud, Nandita Mitra, Kasper Nielsen, Clare Turnbull, Ewa Rajpert-DeMeyts, Saran Vardhanabhuti, Fredrik Wiklund, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen J. Chanock, Katherine L. Nathanson, TECAC consortium. Poster Board 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 844 Comparison of HPV prevalence between HPV-vaccinated and non-vaccinated young adult women (20-26 years). Fangjian Guo, Jacqueline M. Hirth, Abbey B. Berenson. 845 The role of childhood immunizations and infections on the risk of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma. Hari Sankaran, Heather Danysh, Michael E. Scheurer, M. Fatih Okcu, Philip J. Lupo. 846 Soluble levels of CD27 and CD30 are associated with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a pooled analysis of three prospective cohorts of Chinese men and women in Shanghai and Singapore. Bryan A. Bassig, Xiao-Ou Shu, Woon-Puay Koh, Yu-Tang Gao, Mark P. Purdue, Lesley M. Butler, Jennifer Adams-Haduch, Yong-Bing Xiang, Troy J. Kemp, Renwei Wang, Ligia A. Pinto, Tongzhang Zheng, Bu-Tian Ji, H. Dean Hosgood, Wei Hu, Gong Yang, Heping Zhang, Wong-Ho Chow, Christopher Kim, Wei Jie Seow, Wei Zheng, Jian-Min Yuan, Qing Lan, Nathaniel Rothman. 847 Human papillomavirus (HPV) type distribution in multi-ethnic cohort of women: Implications for vaccination programs. Michael E. Scheurer, Hung N. Luu, Martial Guillaud, Jane Montealegre, Laura M. Dillon, Michele Follen, Karen Adler-Storthz. 848 Pathogenic oral bacteria and risk of incident cancer in postmenopausal women: The Buffalo OsteoPerio Study. Xiaodan Mai, Robert J. Genco, Michael J. LaMonte, Kathleen M. Hovey, Jo L. Freudenheim, Christopher A. Andrews, Jean Wactawski-Wende. 849 The changing role of GDF15 (growth/differentiation factor 15) during prostate carcinogenesis. Benjamin A. Rybicki, Dhananjay Chitale, Nilesh Gupta, LaToya Jackson, Travis Wheeler, Sheri Trudeau, Michelle Jankowski, Kevin Bobbittt, Andrew Rundle, Delian Tang. 850 Hepatitis B virus genotype, mutations, human leukocyte antigen polymorphisms and their interactions in hepatocellular carcinoma: a multi-centre case-control study. Juan Wen, Ci Song, Deke Jiang, Tianbo Jin, Xiangjun Zhai, Jianfeng Xu, Hongbing Shen, Zhibin Hu. 851 Characteristics of adult men who are willing to give HPV vaccine to their daughters in the United States: a national survey. Jessica Rogers, Kolapo A. Idowu, Rahmatalai Coker, Hamidat Segunmaru, Mohammad Daremipouran, Clinton Burnside, Carla D. Williams, Adeyinka O. Laiyemo. 852 Smoking and HPV antibodies, a mediation analysis of HPV re-infection. Ronald C. Eldridge, Michael Pawlita, Lauren Wilson, Philip E. Castle, Tim Waterboer, Patti E. Gravitt, Mark Schiffman, Nicolas Wentzensen. 853 The role of germline microRNA-related polymorphisms on pediatric medulloblastoma prognosis and survival. Erin C. Peckham, Philip J. Lupo, Austin L. Brown, Mehmet Fatih Okcu, Ching C. Lau, Surya Rednam, Michael E. Scheurer. 854 Ovarian cancer risk factors by histologic subtypes: evidence for etiologic heterogeneity. Nicolas A. Wentzensen, Elizabeth Poole, Alan A. Arslan, Alpa V. Patel, V. W. Setiawan, Kala Visvanathan, Elisabete Weiderpass, Emily White, Hans-Olov Adami, Louise A. Brinton, Leslie Bernstein, Julie Buring, Lesley M. Butler, Saioa Chamosa, Tess V. Clendenen, Laure Dossus, Renee Fortner, Susan M. Gapstur, Mia M. Gaudet, Inger Torhild Gram, Patricia Hartge, Judith Hoffman-Bolton, Annika Idahl, Michael Jones, Rudolf Kaaks, Vivki Kirsh, Woon-Puay Koh, James V. Lacey, I-Min Lee, Eva Lundin, Melissa Merritt, Ulrike Peters, Jenny Poynter, Sabina Rinaldi, Kim Robien, Thomas Rohan, Dale P. Sandler, Leo J. Schouten, Louise Sjöholm, Sabina Sieri, Anthony Swerdlow, Anne Tjønneland, Britton Trabert, Lynne Wilkens, Alicja Wolk, Hannah P. Yang, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Shelley S. Tworoger. 855 History of oral contraceptive use in breast cancer patients and risk for early breast cancer events. Louise Huzell, Mia Persson, Maria Simonsson, Andrea Markkula, Christian Ingvar, Carsten Rose, Helena C. Jernström. 856 Correlation of prognosis and histologic patterns by the IASLC/ ATS/ERS classification in invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma: A metaanalysis. Keon Uk Park, Jin Young Kim, Hun Mo Ryoo, Ilseon Hwang. 857 Mammographic density and breast cancer risk: a mediation analysis. Megan Rice, Tyler VanderWeele, Bernard Rosner, Rulla Tamimi. 858 Periodontal bone loss and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in the Nurses’ Health Study. Ana Babic, Elizabeth M. Poole, Kathryn L. Terry, Daniel W. Cramer, Ricardo P. Teles, Shelley S. Tworoger. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 36 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Epidemiology Lifestyle Factors and Cancer Risk/Mortality Poster :LJ[PVU (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Abstract Number 859 Impact of obesity in melanoma outcomes: Analysis of data from a multinational randomized controlled sentinel lymph node trial. Daniel D. Kirchoff, Gary B. Deutsch, Stacey L. Stern, Simon Lavotshkin, Delphine J. Lee, Leland J. Foshag, Mark B. Faries. 860 Effects of breastfeeding and oral contraception use on the risk of breast cancer recurrence: A multinational study. Teresa A. Lehman, Mohammed Shaik, Ramakrishna V. Modali, Borys Hrinczenko. 861 The association between cancer prevention guidelines and cancer risk in the Southern Community Cohort Study. Shaneda N. Warren Andersen, Jennifer Sonderman, Xiao-Ou Shu, Danxia Yu, Mark Steinwandel, Joesph K. McLaughlin, Margaret K. Hargreaves, William J. Blot, Wei Zheng. 862 Association of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with colorectal cancer by subgroups in the Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) Study. Xiaoliang Wang, Ulrike Peters, John D. Potter, Emily White. 863 Exogenous hormone use was inversely associated with gastric cancer risk among women: The Singapore Chinese Health Study. Zhensheng Wang, Anna H. Wu, Woon-Puay Koh, Aizhen Jin, Renwei Wang, Jian-Min Yuan, Lesley M. Butler. 864 Body size and composition, physical activity and breast cancer risk in UK Biobank. Wenji Guo, Gillian K. Reeves, Timothy J. Key. 865 Physical inactivity increases the risk of endometrial cancer and premenopausal breast cancer. Anna Johnsson, Per Broberg, Anders Johnsson, Åsa Tornberg, Håkan Olsson. 866 The proportion of breast and gynecological cancers in Australian women that can be attributed to the use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy. Susan J. Jordan, Louise Wilson, David Whiteman, Penelope Webb, PAF Project Group. 867 Reproductive factors and risk of B-cell nonHodgkin lymphoma among women in Los Angeles. Yani Lu, Jianning Luo, Sophia Wang, Jane Sullivan-Halley, Wendy Cozen, Leslie Bernstein. 868 The effects of age at term-births on risk of ovarian cancer. Alice Lee, Celeste L. Pearce, Anna Wu, Malcolm Pike. 869 Body mass index, weight gain, and physical activity during adulthood in relation to colorectal cancer risk. Huakang Tu, Xia Pu, Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, Stephanie C. Melkonian, Yuanqing Ye, Gottumukkala S. Raju, Scott Kopetz, Xifeng Wu. 870 Physical activity, diet and ovarian cancer risk. Teresa A. Lehman, Ramakrishna V. Modali, Luke Ratnasinghe. 871 The association between periodontal disease and pancreatic cancer. Jeffrey S. Chang, Chia-Rung Tsai, YanShen Shan, Li-Tzong Chen. 872 Long-term and recent recreational physical activity reduces risk of triple negative and other subtypes of invasive breast cancer in the California Teachers Study . Huiyan Ma, Jessica Clague, Xinxin Xu, Yani Lu, Kayo Togawa, Sophia S. Wang, Christina A. Clarke, Eunjung Lee, Hannah L. Park, Jane Sullivan-Halley, Susan Neuhausen, Leslie Bernstein. 873 Parity, breastfeeding and ovarian cancer in the Million Women Study. Kezia Gaitskell, Jane Green, Kirstin Pirie, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral. 874 Personal history of psoriasis and risk of incident cancer among women: the Nurses’ Health Study. Wen-Qing Li, Jiali Han, Eunyoung Cho, Shaowei Wu, Hongji Dai, Martin Weinstock, Abrar Qureshi. April 18 –22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA Poster Board 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Abstract Number 875 Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by race/ ethnicity in the United States. Oxana V. MakarovaRusher, Sean F. Altekruse, Timothy S. McNeel, Barry I. Graubard, Austin G. Duffy, Susanna V. Ulahannan, Tim F. Greten, Katherine A. McGlynn. 876 Long-term use of aspirin and risk of cancer. Yin Cao, Reiko Nishihara, Kana Wu, Molin Wang, Shuji Ogino, Donna Spiegelman, Charles S. Fuchs, Edward L. Giovannucci, Andrew T. Chan. 877 Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, statins, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. James R. Cerhan, Megan M. O’Bryne, Grzegorz S. Nowakowski, Timothy G. Call, Carrie A. Thompson, Tait D. Shanafelt, William R. Macon, Neil E. Kay, Thomas M. Habermann, Susan L. Slager, Mark Liebow. 878 Pre-diagnostic aspirin use, lymph node involvement and mortality in women with stage I-III breast cancer: A study in the Prostate Lung Colorectal and Ovarian cancer screening trial. Marie C. Bradley, Amanda Black, Andrew N. Freedman, Robert N. Hoover, Kala Visvanathan Visvanathan, Thomas I. Barron. 879 Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of primary liver cancer in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Katherine A. McGlynn, Katrina Hagberg, Jie Chen, Susan Jick, Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe. 880 Obesity predicts prostate cancer-specific mortality after radical prostatectomy: Results from the SEARCH database. Adriana C. Vidal, Lauren E. Howard, Matthew R. Cooperberg, Christopher J. Kane, William J. Aronson, Martha K. Terris, Christopher L. Amling, Stephen J. Freedland. 881 Association of adult body mass index and height with risk of ovarian cancer in 39,000 women: Results of a Mendelian randomization study. Suzanne C. Dixon, Christina M. Nagle, Aaron P. Thrift, Paul D. Pharoah, Ailith Pirie, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Wei Zheng, Penelope M. Webb, for the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. 882 Obesity, comorbidity and endometrial cancer survival: the multiethnic cohort. Veronica W. Setiawan, Gertraud Maskarinec, Yvonne G. Lin, Dongyun Yang, Lynne R. Wilkens, Brian E. Henderson, Loic Le Marchand. 883 Body mass, smoking habit, and hypertension and renal cell cancer survival. Jung Eun Lee, Nayeon Kim, HansOlov Adami, Per Lindblad. 884 Associations of intakes of magnesium and calcium and survival among women with breast cancer: Results from Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) Study. Menghua Tao, Qi Dai, Amy E. Millen, Jing Nie, Stephen B. Edge, Maurizio Trevisan, Peter G. Shields, Jo Freudenheim. 885 Lower mortality among married cancer patients: How much of the effect is explained by socioeconomic and health insurance status. Scarlett L. Gomez, Alison Canchola, Susan Hurley, Christina A. Clarke, Iona Cheng, Theresa H. Keegan, Sally L. Glaser, Maria E. Martinez. 886 Health behaviors of cancer survivors: higher alcohol drinking, lower smoking and physical inactivity pattern in survivors with higher household income. Boyoung Park, Sun-Young Kong, Jeongseon Kim, Yeol Kim, In Hae Park, So-Youn Jung, Eun Sook Lee. 887 Hormone therapy use and the risk of breast cancer. Marta Roman, Solveig Sakshaug, Siri Vangen, Sidsel GraffIversen, Elisabete Weiderpass, Giske Ursin, Solveig Hofvind. 888 Reproductive and hormonal factors and mortality risk among women with colorectal cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Hannah Arem, Yikyung Park, Ashley Felix, Alice Zervoudakis, Louise A. Brinton, Charles E. Matthews, Marc J. Gunter. 36 36 259 POSTER SESSION Poster Section 37 • Sunday, 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Prevention Research Poster :LJ[PVU 37 37 Modeling Cancer Prevention (not eligible for CME credit) Poster Board Poster Board Abstract Number 1. 889 Mouse model for chemotherapy-induced alopecia with transplantation of human hair follicles onto immune deficient mouse. Ohsang Kwon, Ji-Seon Yoon, Mira Choi, Chang Yup Shin, Kyu Han Kim. 16. 904 Lifetime genistein alters mammary tumors’ response to anti-estrogen tamoxifen treatment by affecting immune function in rats. Xiyuan Zhang, Katherine Cook, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke. 2. 890 Effects of Lewis lung carcinoma on trabecular microstructural changes in wild-type and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 deficient mice fed a high-fat diet. Lin Yan. 17. 3. 891 FGF21 prevents high fat diet-induced pancreatic cancer in mice expressing oncogenic Kras. Weiqin Lu, Yaying Yang, Xiaojie Wang, Yan Liu, Yongde Luo, Robert A. Wolff, James L. Abbruzzese, Craig D. Logsdon. 905 Influence of high fat diet and APC status on epigenetic regulation of FXR in colon cells. Ornella I. Selmin, Adam M. Lyon, Changming Fang, Tom C. Doetschman, Patricia A. Thompson, Jesse D. Martinez, Jeffrey Smith, Peter M. Lance, Donato F. Romagnolo. 18. 906 Decreasing omega-6 to omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary ratios inhibit tumorigenesis in prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Irvin V. Ma, Michael Mouradian, Arianne G. Sorreta, Sunggu Kang, Ronald S. Pardini. 19. 907 Chemopreventive effects of a non-camellia tea against azoxymethane-induced precancerous colorectal lesions in male rats. Chunnian He, Wu Bi, L. H. Zhang, Li Cao, Pei-Gen Xiao. 20. 893 Metabolomic profiling of APC mice maintained on a methyl donor deficient diet reveals alterations to methionine and fatty acid metabolism associated with cancer protection. Matthew P. Hanley, Daniel W. Rosenberg. 908 Impact of microbial metabolites and resveratrol in prostate cancer progression and clearance. James Stokes, Manoj K. Mishra. 21. 894 Sulforaphane as a chemopreventive agent against oral carcinogenesis. Julie E. Bauman, Yan Zang, Malabika Sen, Daniel P. Normolle, Thomas W. Kensler, Sumita Trivedi, Patricia A. Egner, Siddharth H. Sheth, Jennifer R. Grandis, Daniel E. Johnson. 909 Mechanistic study of synergistic interaction between genistein and equol in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in vitro. MISAKI ONO, KAORU EJIMA, MIKAKO TAKESHIMA, TAKAKO HIGUCHI, REI WAKIMOTO, SHUJI NAKANO. 22. 910 Genistein does not alter the effectiveness of taxane chemotherapeutics on human prostate cancer cells. Jillian N. Eskra, Alaina Dodge, Maarten C. Bosland. 23. 911 Dietary oleuropein (OL) improves high-fat diet-induced metabolic stress and suppresses solid tumor growth and lymph node (LN) metastasis in the B16F10 melanoma allograft model. Hyerim Song, Jae In Jung, Gyoo Taik Kwon, So Young Park, Han Jin Cho, Jung Han Yoon Park. 24. 912 Sulforaphane suppresses the growth of triple-negative breast cancer stem-like cells in vitro and in vivo. Nadia P. Castro, Cristina M. Rangel, David Salomon, Karen Saylor, Young S. Kim. 25. 913 Determination of individual isothiocyanates/indoles occurring as a result of glucosinolate degradation and their relation to biological potential of different Brassica plants. Agnieszka Bartoszek, Barbara Kusznierewicz, Anna Piekarska, Dominik Kołodziejski, Tadeusz Pilipczuk, Izabela Koss-Mikołajczyk, Jacek Namieśnik. 26. 914 Pioglitazone and metformin as potential chemopreventative treatments in Fanconi anemia related oral squamous carcinoma. Kim Miller, Beverly Wuertz, Frank G. Ondrey. 27. 915 Effects of black raspberry extract (BRB) and related compounds on mutagenesis induced by metabolites of the tobacco carcinogen, dibenzo(a,l)pyrene in cultured rat oral fibroblasts; and on oxidative stress in human oral cancer cells. Joseph B. Guttenplan, Seungjin Kim, Ying Zhou, Wieslawa Kosinska, Ana-Vera Golgotiu, Shantu Amin, Gary D. Stoner, Yuan-Wan Sun, Kun-Ming Chen, Karam El-Bayoumy. 28. 916 The molecular landscape of colorectal cancer cell lines unveils clinically actionable targets. Mariangela Russo, Gabriele Picco, Carlotta Cancelliere, Giorgio Corti, Emanuele Valtorta, Silvio Veronese, Marco Beccuti, Francesca Cordero, Federica Di Nicolantonio, Enzo Medico, Alberto Bardelli. 29. 917 The modulatory effects of cancer preventive herbal saponins on gut microbiota and mucosal environment in ApcMin/+ mice. Lei Chen, Manreet Singh, Frederick C. C. Leung, W. L. Wendy Hsiao. 30. 918 Physician receptivity to molecular diagnostic testing in planning treatment for early-stage colon cancer patients. Ronald E. Myers, Thomas A. Wolf, Scott Waldman. 4. 5. 6. 260 Abstract Number 892 Vitamin D deficiency regulates TLR7 to promote hepatocellular cancer in TGF-/Smad3 heterozygous mice. Jihyun Shin, Lior H. Katz, Nina M. Munoz, Andrea Cortes, Vivek Shukla, Sang-Bae Kim, Franklin Herlong, Keigo Machida, Hidekazu Tsukamoto, Kirti Shetty, Aiwu R. He, Lynt B. Johnson, Asif Rashid, Jian Chen, Ju-Seog Lee, Lopa Mishra. ⌬14/+ 7. 895 Genetic deletion of cyclooxygenase-2 suppresses K-ras induced lung tumorigenesis. Yong Pan, Yan Jiang, Lin Tan, Murali K. Ravoori, Mihai Gagea-Iurascu, Mihai Gagea-Iurascu, Vikus Kundra, Susan M. Fischer, Peiying Yang. 8. 896 Correlation between modulation of RNA expression and the preventive and therapeutic efficacy of Tamoxifen in an ER+ model of breast cancer. Howard H. Yang, Huaitian Liu, Ronald Lubet, Clinton J. Grubbs, Holly Nicastro, Maxwell P. Lee. 9. 897 CHOP-deficiency promotes chronic inflammation-induced pancreatic fibrosis. Katsunobu Taki, Masaki Ohmuraya, Daisuke Hashimoto, Kota Arima, Hideaki Takeyama, Takayoshi Kaida, Takaaki Higashi, Hidetoshi Nitta, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Akira Chikamoto, Toru Beppu, Kimi Araki, Hideo Baba. 10. 898 Exercise inhibits the growth of breast cancer and reduces fat mass in postmenopausal obese mice associated with a circulating angiostatic phenotype and the inhibition of angiogenesis in those tissues. Shelby A. Cole, Jian-Wei Gu. 11. 899 High fat diet induced DNA methylation at transcription factor binding region and repressed gene expression of a metastasis suppressor E-cadherin in primary site of murine metastatic breast cancer (MBC), and promoted invasion of MBC cells to lung and liver of BALB/c mice. Yukun Zhang, Wendan Wang, Xujuan Yang, William G. Helferich. 13. 901 Grape seed extract decreases visceral adiposity and impairs the pro-tumorigenic adipose tissue secretions affecting colorectal cancer growth and progression. Komal Raina, Sushil Kumar, Dileep Kumar, Ranganatha R. Somasagara, Reenu Punia, Rama Kant, Rajesh Agarwal, Chapla Agarwal. 14. 902 RNA-Seq profiling of silibinin effects on bladder cancer cells. Soichiro Yamamura, Yozo Mitsui, Nathan Bucay, Sharanjot Saini, Shahana Majid, Guoren Deng, Varahram Shahryary, Rajvir Dahiya, Yuichiro Tanaka. 15. 903 Comparison of the citrus flavonoid naringenin and metformin for effects on breast cancer in obese ovariectomized mice. Jia-Yu Ke, Yung-Hsuan Hsiao, Shana R. Straka, Lisa D. Yee, Martha A. Belury. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 261 LATE-BREAKING AND CLINICAL TRIALS POSTER SESSIONS Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Halls B-E, Pennsylvania Convention Center Abstracts will be available online and in the Proceedings Part 2. Section 22 Section 39 Section 41 Phase II, III, and Special Population Clinical Trials Late-Breaking Research: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics 1 Late-Breaking Research: Molecular and Cellular Biology 1 April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 261 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 262 MEET AND GREET (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. AACRcentral, MICR Networking and Resource Center, Halls B-E, Booth #725 MICR Council Meet and Greet Organized by the Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) Council Chairperson: Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Medical University of SC Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, SC The MICR Meet and Greet is an opportunity for the MICR Council to meet and answer questions from MICR members, as well as the general Annual Meeting attendance, on issues related to award opportunities, programs sponsored by the MICR Council, as well as other topics of interest to attendees. The 2015 recipients of Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards and Minority Scholar Awards will also be present. All attendees are encouraged to visit the MICR Networking and Resource Center in AACRcentral. Past Chairperson Christopher I. Li, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Chairperson-Elect Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Chairperson-Elect Designate Rick A. Kittles, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ Council Members Claudia R. Baquet, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD A. William Blackstock, Jr., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Malcolm V. Brock, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD John M. Carethers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Christopher S. Lathan, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Lisa A. Newman, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI Sanya A. Springfield, National Cancer Institute-CRCHD, Bethesda, MD John H. Stewart, IV, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Charles Richard Thomas, Jr., OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR 262 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 263 SPECIAL SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. AACRcentral, AACR Amphitheater, Halls B-E, Booth #725 MEG Working Group: The Future of Molecular Epidemiology in the Omics Era This open discussion session provides an opportunity for early-career investigators to interact with experts in molecular epidemiology and other scientific fields. Plan to attend and join the stimulating and informative discussion on omics. Co-Moderators, Introductory Remarks David C. Christiani, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Jonine D. Figueroa, National Cancer Institute-DCEG, Bethesda, MD Panelists: Christopher I. Amos, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH Celine M. Vachon, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN David J. Hunter, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 263 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 264 MEET AND GREET (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. AACRcentral, WICR Networking and Resource Center, Halls B-E, Booth #725 WICR Council Meet and Greet Organized by the Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Council Chairperson: Jessie M. English, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA The WICR Meet and Greet is an opportunity for the WICR Council to meet and answer questions from WICR members, as well as the general Annual Meeting attendance, on issues related to award opportunities, programs sponsored by the WICR Council, as well as other topics of interest to attendees. The 2015 recipients of WICR Scholar Awards will also be present. All attendees are encouraged to visit the WICR Networking and Resource Center in AACRcentral. Past Chairperson Wen-Jen Hwu, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Chairperson-Elect Victoria M. Richon, Sanofi Oncology, Cambridge, MA Chairperson-Elect Designate Patricia M. LoRusso, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT Council Members Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC Caroline Dive, CRUK Manchester Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom Lori S. Friedman, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA Pearl S. Huang, Roche, Basel, Switzerland S. Percy Ivy, National Cancer Institute-DCTD, Rockville, MD Kornelia Polyak, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Judith S. Sebolt-Leopold, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Lillian L. Siu, University Health Network Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada Thea D. Tlsty, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 264 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 265 MEET THE RESEARCH ICON (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. AACRcentral, Associate Member Resource and Career Center, Halls B-E, Booth #725 Meet the Research Icon Joan S. Brugge, PhD, FAACR Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Formerly known as Meet the Research Pioneer, these informal sessions, organized by the Associate Member Council, provide early-career scientists with the special opportunity to meet and hear from a renowned senior researcher in a small-group setting. Throughout the course of each discussion, attendees will gain career advice relevant to each speaker’s specific field and learn about the speaker’s professional and personal experiences, vision for the future of their field, as well as key decisions that shaped their career path. Meet Dr. Joan S. Brugge, Director of the Ludwig Center and Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor for the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. Sessions are open to all graduate students, medical students, residents, and clinical and postdoctoral fellows and will take place in the Associate Member Resource and Career Center located in AACRcentral. Limited seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. #AACRcentral April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 265 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 266 NCI/NIH-SPONSORED SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Room 105, Pennsylvania Convention Center The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) Program: Investigating the Actionability of Tumor Sequencing Variants Moderators: Sheri Schully, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; Carolyn M. Hutter, National Human Genome Research Institute, Rockville, MD Recognizing the potential of clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) for the realization of precision cancer care, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has expanded its efforts to investigate how the discovery and analysis of genomic alterations can be translated into more effective diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. To this end, NCI participates in the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) program, co-funded with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which aims to leverage these institutes’ experience in genomic sequencing and analysis to conduct a robust investigation of the use these methods in clinical practice. The goal of CSER is to guide the development and dissemination of best practices for the integration of clinical sequencing into clinical care, including how clinical sequencing results will be communicated to physicians and patients. The collaborative and cooperative nature of the CSER, including the formation of a tumor sequencing working group, facilitates the development and standardization of best practices and common approaches to clinical translation of cancer sequencing. One critical issue that CSER seeks to address is how to determine whether a particular genetic variant is “actionable.” This NCI-sponsored panel session will focus on how tumor exome sequencing projects within CSER assess and report the actionability of variants identified through clinical somatic sequencing. The session will begin with an overview of CSER, which currently comprises nine cooperative U01 grants, nine R01/R21 grants examining return of results, and NHGRI’s intramural ClinSeq program. Four U01 grants focus on cancer phenotypes: • Baylor College of Medicine (BASIC3 study) – Tumor and germline sequencing of newly diagnosed children with high-risk central nervous system (CNS) and non-CNS solid tumors. • University of Michigan (MI-ONCOSEQ study) – Tumor and germline sequencing of patients with metastatic and refractory cancers, including sarcomas and rare tumors. • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (CanSeq study) – Tumor and germline sequencing of patients with metastatic or refractory lung and colorectal cancer. • University of Washington (NEXT Medicine study) – Germline sequencing of patients with colorectal cancer or polyposis. In the body of the session, the three CSER projects conducting tumor exome sequencing (BASIC3, MI-ONCOSEQ, CanSeq) will each briefly describe their clinical context, project goals, study design, and early study experience with clinical sequencing. Each group will then describe the pipeline utilized at their institution for the annotation and evaluation of tumor variants, including 1) their working definition of “actionable” (e.g., informative for choice of drug or potential entry into clinical trial), 2) the evidence considered to make that assessment (e.g., institutional databases, published literature), and 3) the process by which a final determination of actionability is made (e.g., consensus meetings or tumor board/panel). The session will close with a panel discussion, in which representatives from each project will answer audience questions. The panelists will also highlight key lessons learned in their development of clinical NGS programs; discuss connections to other NIH initiatives including the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen); and outline current opportunities and challenges to translating genomic medicine into routine clinical cancer care. Panelists: Michael O. Dorschner, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Gail Jarvik, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Donald W. Parsons, Baylor College of Medicine Cancer Center, Houston, TX Dan Robinson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Nikhil Wagle, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 266 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 267 REGULATORY SCIENCE AND POLICY SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Room 119, Pennsylvania Convention Center Evolution of Personalized Drug Development in Oncology-Kinase Inhibitors Chairperson: Gideon M. Blumenthal, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD Advances in biomarker identification have revolutionized oncology drug development and patient care by enabling precision targeting of tumor mutations usually accompanied by increased efficacy and lower adverse effects. In conjunction, the regulatory requirements for approval of targeted cancer drugs have also changed, most notably by requiring the development and approval of a companion diagnostic to identify the appropriate patient subpopulation who will benefit from the therapy. Several kinase inhibitors targeting specific mutations in genes such as BRAF and EGFR have been approved, demonstrating the success of such approaches. However, new scientific and regulatory challenges have arisen, specifically with regards to differential tumor response to targeted therapies based on the specific genomic alteration or tissue of origin, alternative pathway selection within the tumor resulting in resistance to targeted therapies, and the development of new technologies enabling multiple biomarker identification, confounding the one-drug/one-test paradigm. This session will highlight the evolution of the scientific and regulatory underpinnings of approved kinase inhibitors, using EGFR and BRAF inhibitor development as case studies, as well as future considerations for targeted drug development. The session will address issues such as: • Understanding mechanisms of acquired resistance to kinase inhibitors • Combining multiple targeted therapeutic agents to combat resistance • Use of novel technologies such as circulating tumor DNA to identify and predict development of resistance • Development of companion diagnostics in the era of multiplex testing and massively parallel sequencing A panel discussion moderated by Gideon M. Blumenthal, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and audience Q and A will follow the presentations. Speakers: Gideon M. Blumental, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD Pasi A. Jänne, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Mehdi Shahidi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Berkshire, United Kingdom Gideon Bollag, Plexxikon Inc., Berkeley, CA Scott Kopetz, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Reena Philip, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 267 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 268 MEET THE RESEARCH ICON (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Franklin Room 8 (Level 4), Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Meet the Pancreatic Cancer Research Icon Anirban Maitra, MBBS The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX This interactive and informal session is an opportunity to chat with a senior pancreatic cancer physician-scientist and learn how he charted a successful career in this field. Meet Dr. Anirban Maitra, Professor of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Scientific Director of the Sheikh Ahmed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, and member of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. Learn about the opportunities that exist in the pancreatic cancer research field and broaden your professional network. Suggestions and tips will be provided. Topics to be addressed relate to postdoctoral development, starting your own laboratory, choosing a mentor, grantsmanship, networking, publications, collaborations, biospecimen access, little known professional opportunities, etc. 268 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 269 AWARDS AND LECTURES Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Terrace Ballroom II-III (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Tenth Annual AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship A Prospective Approach to Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women: A View from Two Cohorts - WHI and BWHS Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC The AACR- Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship was established in 2006 to give recognition to an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through, leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of minority investigators in cancer research. This year’s recipient of the AACR- Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship is Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell, who is a Professor of Oncology and Associate Director of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research at the Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also Associate Dean of Community Health & Outreach at the Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Adams-Campbell is recognized for her scientific contributions in the area of epidemiology and health disparities. Dr. Adams-Campbell’s work reflects a commitment to research areas that have the potential to influence cancer care nationally and internationally. In addition, her dedication to fostering the development of minorities in cancer research is recognized and greatly appreciated. Dr. Adams-Campbell exemplifies many firsts as an African American scientist in epidemiology and health disparities research, a woman, and an academic and community leader in cancer research. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in epidemiology in the U. S. Her interests and collaborations in breast cancer susceptibility genes helped lead to the creation of the Black Women’s Health Study which involves 59,000 black women across the country and is the largest, long-term study of black American women’s health ever conducted in the U.S. This study, which is now approaching two decades of research, importantly demonstrates the feasibility of long-term follow-up among minority women. Among numerous awards, honors, and appointments are the 225th Anniversary Medallion Award from the University of Pittsburgh for alumni whose achievements have brought honor to the University. In 2008, she joined the esteemed group of scientists as an elected Member of the Institute of Medicine and to its National Cancer Policy Forum in 2014. Dr. Adams-Campbell’s scientific achievements and commitment to the advancement of minority scientists clearly embody the AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright MemorialLectureship’s mission. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 269 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 270 LATE-BREAKING MINISYPOSIUM Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Room 122, Pennsylvania Convention Center Minisymposium: Late-Breaking Research Co-Chairpersons: Judy Lieberman and William C. Hahn 3:15 p.m. Introduction 3:20 p.m. LB-050 Patient-derived tumor xenografts in humanized NSG mice: A model to study immune responses in cancer therapy Minan Wang, James G. Keck, Mingshan Cheng, Danying Cai, Leonard Shultz, Karolina Palucka, Jacques Banchereau, Carol Bult, Rick Huntress. 3:35 p.m. LB-051 Tumor heterogeneity and dissemination in breast cancer: Deep sequencing of single disseminated cells from bone marrow compared to primary tumor and lymph node metastases Elen Møller, Parveen Kumar, Silje Nord, David Wedge, Peter van Loo, April Peterson, Randi R. Mathiesen, Renathe Fjelldal, Masoud Z. Esteki, Jason A. Grundstad, Elin Borgen, Lars O. Baumbusch, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Kevin P. White, Thierry Voet, Bjørn Naume, Vessela N. Kristensen. 3:50 p.m. LB-052 Kinase identification of proximal substrates (KIPS): A novel chemical genetics approach for kinase substrate identification Jon Roffey, Andrew Turnbull, Christian Dillon, Susan Boyd, Philippe Riou, Mark Linch, Peter Parker, Sven Kjaer, Neil McDonald. 4:05 p.m. LB-053 Monitoring rearrangement of EML4-ALK in blood platelets predicts outcome to crizotinib treatment in non-small-cell lung cancer patients Jonas A. Nilsson, Niki Karachaliou, Pepijn Schellen, Ana Gimenez-Capitan, Jordi Berenguer, Cristina Teixido, Justine L. Kuiper, Esther Drees, Magda Grabowska, Marte van Keulen, Jihane M. Tannous, Danielle A.M. Heideman, Erik Thunnissen, Anne-Marie C. Dingemans, Santiago Viteri, Bakhos A. Tannous, Ana Drozdowskyj, Rafael Rosell, Egbert F. Smit, Thomas Wurdinger. 4:20 p.m. LB-054 Normal stem cell divisions, cancer incidence, and driver gene mutations Cristian Tomasetti, Bert Vogelstein. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 4:35 LB-055 Clinical acquired resistance to RAF inhibitor combinations in BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer through MAPK pathway alterations Leanne G. Ahronian, Erin M. Sennott, Eliezer M. Van Allen, Nikhil Wagle, Eunice L. Kwak, Jason E. Faris, Jason T. Godfrey, Koki Nishimura, Kerry D. Lynch, Craig H. Mermel, Elizabeth L. Lockerman, Anuj Kalsy, Joseph M. Gurski, Samira Bahl, Kristin Anderka, Lisa M. Green, Niall J. Lennon, Tiffany G. Huynh, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Gad Getz, Dora Dias-Santagata, A. John Iafrate, Jeffrey A. Engelman, Levi A. Garraway, Ryan B. Corcoran. 4:50 p.m. LB-056 TP53 and RB1 alterations promote reprogramming and antiandrogen resistance in advanced prostate cancer Ping Mu, Zhen Cao, Elizabeth Hoover, John Wongvipat, Chun-Hao Huang, Wouter Karthaus, Wassim Abida, Elisa De Stanchina, Charles Sawyers. 5:05 p.m. Discussion 270 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 271 CLINICAL TRIALS MINISYMPOSIUM Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Room 103, Pennsylvania Convention Center Clinical Trials Minisymposium Co-Chairpersons: David B. Solit, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, and Alessandro D. Santin, Yale University, New Haven, CT 3:15 p.m. Introduction 3:25 p.m. CT131: HPV-specific immunotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia using VGX-3100 induces regression of cervical lesions and potent T-cell responses: Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study Matthew Morrow, Cornelia Trimble, Xuefei Shen, Michael Dallas, David Weiner, Jean Boyer, Jian Yan, Kimberly Kraynyak, Albert Sylvester, Mary Giffear, Kathleen Marcozzi-Pierce, Divya Shah, Kate Broderick, Amir Khan, Jessica Lee, Laurent Humeau, Niranjan Sardesai, Mark Bagarazzi. 3:45 p.m. CT132: Long-term treatment with single-agent ibrutinib 420 mg leads to durable responses including complete responses in CLL Steven Coutre, Richard Furman, Ian Flinn, Jan Burger, Kristie Blum, Jeff Sharman, Jeffrey Jones, William Wierda, Weiqiang Zhao, Nyla Heerema, Amy Johnson, Anh Tran, Cathy Zhou, Elizabeth Bilotti, Danelle James, John Byrd, Susan O'Brien 4:05 p.m. CT133: The impact of gene panel sequencing on clinical care in patients with cancer David Neil Hayes, Juneko E. Grilley-Olson, David A. Eberhard, Nirali M. Patel, Joel S. Parker, Karen E. Weck, William Y. Kim, Michele C. Hayward, H. Shelton Earp, III, Norman E. Sharpless. 4:25 p.m. CT134: Androgen receptor mutations in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer with and without prior abiraterone acetate treatment Dana E. Rathkopf, Matthew R. Smith, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Charles J. Ryan, William R. Berry, Neal D. Shore, Glenn Liu, Celestia Higano, Joshi J. Alumkal, Ralph Hauke, Ronald Tutrone, Mansoor Saleh, Edna Chow Maneval, Shibu Thomas, Deborah Ricci, Margaret K. Yu, Carla J. de Boer, Angela Trinh, Thian Kheoh, Rajesh Bandekar, Howard I. Scher. 4:45 p.m. CT135: Uncovering the genomic heterogeneity of multifocal breast cancer Christine Desmedt, Debora Fumagalli, Elisabetta Pietri, Gabriele Zoppoli, Serena Nik-Zainal, Gunes Gundem, David Brown, Francois Rothe, Samira Majjaj, Anna Garuti, Enrico Carminati, Sherene Loi, Thomas Van Brussel, Marion Maetens, Laura Mudie, Delphine Vincent, Naima Kheddoumi, Luigi Serra, Ilaria Massa, Alberto Ballestrero, Dino Amadori, Roberto Salgado, Alexandre de Wind, Diether Lambrechts, Martine Piccart, Denis Larsimont, Peter J. Campbell, Christos Sotiriou. 5:05 p.m. Discussion April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 271 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 272 CLINICAL TRIALS PLENARY SESSION Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Grand Ballroom (300 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Clinical Trials of Combinations of Molecularly Targeted and Nontargeted Therapeutic Agents Co-Chairpersons: Jordan D. Berlin, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, and Timothy A. Yap. The Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, United Kingdom 3:15 p.m. CT136: Final biomarker analysis of the phase I study of the selective BRAF V600 inhibitor encorafenib (LGX818) combined with cetuximab with or without the α-specific PI3K inhibitor alpelisib (BYL719) in patients with advanced BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer Jan H. M. Schellens, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3:35 p.m. Discussant Jordan D. Berlin, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN 3:45 p.m. CT138: Translating preclinical observations to the clinic: Combination of the dual m-TORC1/2 inhibitor AZD2014 and paclitaxel in ovarian and lung cancer Udai Banerji, Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden, London, United Kingdom 4:05 p.m. Discussant Lillian L. Siu, University Health Network Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada 4:15 p.m. CT139: Phase I study of GDC-0425, a checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor, in combination with gemcitabine in patients with refractory solid tumors Jeffrey R. Infante, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN 4:35 p.m. Discussant Gary K. Schwartz, Columbia University Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY 4:45 p.m. CT137: Combination of agonistic CD40 monoclonal antibody CP-870,893 and anti-CTLA-4 antibody tremelimumab in patients with metastatic melanoma David L. Bajor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 5:05 p.m. Discussant Paul B. Chapman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Please refer to the online Itinerary Planner or Annual Meeting App for program updates. 272 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 273 DRUG DEVELOPMENT TRACK: SPECIAL SESSION Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Room 204, Pennsylvania Convention Center New Drugs on the Horizon 2 Co-Chairpersons: Alfonso De Dios, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN; Katerina Leftheris, Celgene Corp., San Diego, CA Advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer have led to the identification of key pathways involved in tumor initiation and progression, and translating this innovative science into the next generation of therapeutic agents remains one of the major hurdles to meaningful improvements in cancer treatment. While clinical successes remain extremely challenging to achieve, increasing numbers of targeted agents are emerging through clinical trials and making differences in the lives of patients. This symposium will provide the first disclosure of several new clinical agents that continue the drive for successful targeted therapies. 3:15 p.m. Inhibition of the AAA-ATPase p97 with the first in class inhibitor CB-5083 as a novel approach to treat cancer [DDT02-01]* Daniel J. Anderson, Cleave Biosciences, Inc., Burlingame, CA 3:40 p.m. Discussion 3:45 p.m. BAY 1143572: A first-in-class, highly selective, potent, and orally available inhibitor of PTEFb/CDK9 currently in phase I, inhibits MYC and shows convincing antitumor activity in multiple xenograft models by the induction of apoptosis [DDT02-02]* Arne Scholz, Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany 4:10 p.m. Discussion 4:15 p.m. Discovery of CPI-0610: A novel BET protein bromodomain inhibitor for hematologic malignancies Robert Sims, Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA 4:40 p.m. Discussion 4:45 p.m. SGN-CD33A: Preclinical and phase 1 interim clinical trial results of a CD33-directed PBD dimer antibody-drug conjugate for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) [DDT02-04]* (not eligible for CME credit) Dana A. Kennedy, Seattle Genetics, Inc., Bothell, WA 5:10 p.m. Discussion *An extended abstract for this presentation is available in the Invited Abstracts section of the Proceedings (the abstract number is listed in brackets above). April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 273 MINISYMPOSIUM Room 108, Pennsylvania Convention Center Carcinogenesis Sunday, 3:15 PM-5:15 PM Terrace Ballroom I (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center New Carcinogenic Mechanisms Revealed by Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers Clinical Research Chairpersons: S. Perwez Hussain and Yinling Hu Chairpersons: Caroline Dive and Jorge S Reis-Filho Liquid Biopsies 3:15 Introduction 3:15 Introduction 3:20 919 Adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) induces recurrent insertional mutagenesis in human hepatocellular carcinomas. Shalini Datta, Jean-Charles Nault, Andrea Franconi, Sandrine Imbeaud, Maxime Mallet, Gabrielle Couchy, Eric Letouze, Camilla Pilati, Benjamin Verret, Jean-Frédéric Blanc, Charles Balabaud, Julien Calderaro, Alexis Laurent, Mélanie Letexier, Paulette BioulacSage, Fabien Calvo, Jessica Zucman-Rossi. 3:20 926 ESR1 mutations evolve during the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, and detection in ctDNA predicts sensitivity to subsequent hormone therapy. Gaia Schiavon, Sarah Hrebien, Isaac Garcia-Murillas, Alex Pearson, Noelia Tarazona, Elena Lopez-Knowles, Ricardo Ribas, Ashutosh Nerurkar, Peter Osin, Lesley-Ann Martin, Mitch Dowsett, Ian E. Smith, Nicholas C. Turner. 3:35 920 Mechanism of the transferrin receptor 1 dysregulation in hepatocarcinogenesis. Iryna Kindrat, Volodymyr Tryndyak, Aline de Conti, Svitlana Shpyleva, Anna Erstenyuk, Frederick A. Beland, Igor Pogribny. 3:50 921 Opposing effects of the Hippo-Yap pathway and c-Myc in phenotypic determination of mouse hepatocytic tumors induced by myrAkt. Masahiro Yamamoto, Bing Xin, Xi Chen, Kiyonaga Fujii, Takako Ooshio, Yuji Nishikawa. 4:05 922 Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and miR301b interactively enhance disease aggressiveness by targeting NR3C2 (nuclear receptor subfamily group c member 2) in human pancreatic cancer. Shouhui Yang, Peijun He, Jian Wang, Aaron Schetter, Wei Tang, Naotake Funamizu, Jochen Gaedcke, Michael Ghadimi, Matthias Gaida, Thomas Ried, Nader Hannah, H. Richard Alexander, S. Perwez Hussain. 4:20 923 Nitric oxide signaling pathway as a pathogenic driver in pancreatic cancer. Jian Wang, Peijun He, Matthias M. Gaida, Shouhui Yang, Aaron Schetter, Jochen Gaedcke, Michael Ghadimi, Thomas Ried, Harris G. Yfantis, Dong H. Lee, Jonathan M. Weiss, Nadar Hanna, H. Richard Alexander, S. Perwez Hussain. 4:35 924 GM-CSF induces CREB signaling pathways and modulates tobacco carcinogen-induced pancreatic tumorigenesis. Jason Castellanos, Kumaraswamy Honnenahally, Chanjuan Shi, Nipun Merchant, Nagaraj Nagathihalli. 4:50 925 Helicobacter pylori induces phosphorylation of STAT3 at Ser727 to promote mitophagy in gastric cancer cells. Juan-Yu Piao, Hee Geum Lee, Su-Jung Kim, Do-Hee Kim, Hye-Kyung Na, Young-Joon Surh. 5:05 Discussion. 3:35 927 Pretreatment and serial plasma assessments of EGFR mutations in NSCLC patients treated with rociletinib (CO-1686). Jonathan W. Goldman, Chris Karlovich, Elaina Mann, Lindsey Rolfe, Shannon Matheny, Darrin Despain, Philipp Angenendt, Claudia Stamm, Heather A. Wakelee, Jean-Charles Soria, Benjamin Solomon, D. R. Camidge, Rafal Dziadziuszko, Leora Horn, Shirish Gadgeel, Mitch Raponi, Andrew R. Allen, Lecia V. Sequist. 3:50 928 Bias-corrected next generation sequencing of cell free DNA for detection of actionable mutations and rearrangements in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Cloud P. Paweletz, Chris K. Raymond, Adrian G. Sacher, Yanan Kuang, Allison O’Connell, Lee Lim, Mark Li, Chris Armour, Jessie M. English, Paul T. Kirschmeier, Pasi A. Jänne, Geoffrey Oxnard. 4:05 929 Tumor genotyping in the phase III GRID study of regorafenib vs placebo in tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)refractory GIST: Detection of KIT mutations in circulating tumor DNA comparing digital PCR and massive parallel sequencing. Michael Jeffers, Henrik Seidel, Susanne Schwenke, Joachim Reischl, Mark Rutstein, Christian Kappeler, Iris Kuss, Michael Teufel. 4:20 930 Analysis of cell-free tumor DNA in cerebrospinal fluid to characterize and monitor the genetic alterations of brain tumors. Leticia De Mattos-Arruda, Regina Mayor, Charlotte K. Ng, Britta Weigelt, Francisco Martínez-Ricarte, Davis Torrejon, Mafalda Oliveira, Carolina Raventos, Alexandra Arias, Elena Guerini-Rocco, Elena Martínez-Sáez, Sergio Lois, Oscar Marín, Xavier de la Cruz, Salvatore Piscuoglio, Russell Towers, Ana Vivancos, Vicente Peg, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Jordi Rodon, Enriqueta Felip, Joan Sahuquillo, Josep Tabernero, Javier Cortes, Jorge S. Reis-Filho, Joan Seoane. 4:35 931 Enrichment and characterization of propagating circulating tumor cells from late stage prostate and pancreatic cancer patients. James I. Lim, Charles J. Ryan, Thomas Krahn, Nikolas H. Stoecklein, Johannes Fischer, Bruce Adams. 4:50 932 A plasma microRNAs test predicts prognosis and disease status at follow-up in screening-detected lung cancer patients. Gabriella Sozzi, Stefano Sestini, Mattia Boeri, Carla Verri, Alfonso Marchiano’, Carlotta Galeone, Nicola Sverzellati, Carlo La Vecchia, Ugo Pastorino. 5:05 Discussion. 274 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 MINISYMPOSIUM Sunday, 3:15 PM-5:15 PM Terrace Ballroom IV (400 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 120, Pennsylvania Convention Center Epidemiology Biomarkers and Cancer: New Insights Cell Cycle Mechanisms of Anticancer Drug Action Chairperson: Sonja I. Berndt Chairperson: Geoffrey I. Shapiro Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics 3:15 Introduction 3:15 Introduction 3:20 933 Circulating biomarkers of B vitamins in relation to lung cancer risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium. Anouar Fanidi, David.C Muller, Ross Prentice, Albanes Demetrius, Jian-Min Yuan, Victoria Stevens, Stephanie J Weinstein, Mattias Johansson, Paul Brennan, Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3). 3:20 940 Identification of Palbociclib response signature across indications. Xianxian Zheng, Mark Ozeck, Zhou Zhu, Keith Ching, David Shields, James Hardwick, Paul Rejto, Todd VanArsdale. 3:35 934 A pooled investigation of circulating adiponectin levels and risk of multiple myeloma. Jonathan N. Hofmann, Brenda M. Birmann, Lauren R. Teras, Ye Wang, Demetrius Albanes, Dalsu Baris, Graham A. Colditz, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Graham G. Giles, Lindsay M. Morton, H. Dean Hosgood, Qing Lan, Ola Landgren, Linda M. Liao, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Nathaniel Rothman, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Michael N. Pollak, Marian L. Neuhouser, Mark P. Purdue. 3:50 935 Lung cancer metabolomics identifies metabolites as robust risk biomarkers. Majda Haznadar, Qiuyin Cai, Kristopher W. Krausz, Elise D. Bowman, William J. Blot, Frank J. Gonzalez, Curtis C. Harris. 4:05 936 Serum lipid metabolites and alpha-ketoglutarate are inversely associated with aggressive prostate cancer. Alison Mondul, Steven Moore, Joshua Sampson, Stephanie Weinstein, Demetrius Albanes. 4:20 937 Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products is a player in obesity-related colorectal cancer. Liang Chen, Zhigang Duan, Lesley Tinker, Haleh Sangi-Haghpeykar, Howard Strickler, Gloria Ho, Thomas Rohan, Marc Gunter, Craig Logsdon, Donna White, Kathryn Royse, Hashem El-Serag, Li Jiao. 4:35 938 Circulating biomarkers of gut barrier function: Correlates and responses to calcium supplementation among sporadic colorectal adenoma patients in a dose-response randomized controlled trial. Baiyu Yang, Roberd M. Bostick, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Hao Quang Tran, Veronika Fedirko. 4:50 939 A prospective investigation of PTEN loss and ERG expression in lethal prostate cancer. Thomas U. Ahearn, Andreas Pettersson, Ericka M. Ebot, Travis Gerke, Carlos De Morais, Jessica Hicks, Kathryn M. Wilson, Jennifer R. Rider, Michelangelo Fiorentino, Stephen Finn, Edward L. Giovannucci, Massimo Loda, Meir J. Stampfer, Angelo M. De Marzo, Lorelei A. Mucci, Tamara L. Lotan. 3:35 941 G1T28-1, a novel CDK4/6 inhibitor, protects murine hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from cytotoxic chemotherapy. Jessica A. Sorrentino, Shenghui He, John E. Bisi, Partick J. Roberts, Jay C. Strum, Norman E. Sharpless. 3:50 942 Novel CDK2/9 inhibitor has antineoplastic activity in lung cancer by inducing anaphase catastrophe. Masanori Kawakami, Lisa M. Mustachio, Xi Liu, Shanhu Hu, Yun Lu, David Sekula, Sarah Freemantle, Ethan Dmitrovsky. 4:05 943 The critical role of CDK2 activation in determining the differential sensitivity of cell lines to Chk1 and Wee1 inhibitors. Nandini Sakurikar, Ruth Thompson, Ryan Montano, Alan Eastman. 4:20 944 Development of predictive and pharmacodynamic biomarker strategies for GDC-0425, a checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor, in combination with gemcitabine. Sami Mahrus, Kelly DuPree, Kaska Kowanetz, Jenille Tan, Jarrod Tremayne, Diana Jakubiak, Peter Haverty, Yuda Zhu, Franklin Peale, Elizabeth Blackwood, Richard Bourgon, Robert Yauch, Mark Lackner, Marie Evangelista. 4:35 945 Synthetic lethal screen identifies Aurora A as a selective target in HPV driven cervical cancer. Brian G. Gabrielli, Fawzi Bokhari, Max Ranall, Zay Yar Oo, Alex Stevenson, Weili Wang, Sara McKee, Graham Leggatt, Paul Leo, Thomas J. Gonda, Nigel A. McMillan. 4:50 946 SGN-CD70A, a pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dimer linked ADC, mediates DNA damage pathway activation and G2 cell cycle arrest leading to cell death. Sharsti L. Sandall, Renee McCormick, Jamie Miyamoto, Travis Biechele, Che-Leung Law, Timothy S. Lewis. 5:05 Discussion. 5:05 Discussion. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 275 MINISYMPOSIUM Sunday, 3:15 PM-5:15 PM Room 201, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 114, Pennsylvania Convention Center Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics Molecular and Cellular Biology Drug Discovery: New Targets and Antibody Drug Conjugates Cancer Genomics: Characterization, Evolution, and Function Chairperson: Elizabeth A. Harrington Chairperson: Christoph Lengauer 3:15 Introduction 3:15 Introduction 3:20 947 An antibody drug conjugate (ADC) directed to lymphocyte antigen 6 complex, locus E (LY6E) delivers targeted chemotherapy to a wide range of solid tumor malignancies. Jyoti Asundi, Lisa Crocker, Jarrod Tremayne, Paul Polakis, Ron Firestein. 3:20 954 The landscape of kinase fusions in cancer. Nicolas Stransky, Ethan Cerami, Stefanie Schalm, Joseph L. Kim, Klaus Hoeflich, Christoph Lengauer. 3:35 948 A novel antibody-drug conjugate that induces long-term tumor regression and anticancer stem cell activity. Jay W. Harper, Chris Lloyd, Shenlan Mao, Xin Lin, Nazzareno Dimasi, Phil Howard, Ellen O’Connor, David Farkas, Christopher Barton, Jeff Smith, Helen Zhong, Tracy Chen, Mary Jane Hinrichs, Marlon Rebelatto, XiangQing Yu, Susan Spitz, Andrew Pierce, Dominic Lai, Hurt Elaine, Lilian van Vlerken-Ysla, Jalla Sanjoo, Katy Miller, Karen McCullough, Priya Kannan, Simon Thompson, Parthiv Mahadevia, Chris Martin, Robert Hollingsworth, Adeela Kamal. 3:50 949 An ER-␣36 monoclonal antibody exhibits anticancer activity in triple-negative breast cancer cells. Qingcong Lin, Junma Zhou, Jing Wang, Zonghui Wang, Jun Wang, Feng Chen, Xueming Qian, Xiao Shang, Jun Bao, Zhaoyi Wang, Kun Meng. 4:05 950 Antitumor activity of a novel phosphodiesterase 10 inhibitor in an orthotopic mouse model of lung cancer. Veronica Ramirez-Alcantara, Michele Schuler, Bing Zhu, Nan Li, Evrim Gurpinar, Dennis Otali, Joshua Canzoneri, Adam Keeton, Bernard Gary, Suzanne Russo, Lori Coward, Gregory Gorman, William Grizzle, Xi Chen, Michael Boyd, Gary Piazza. 4:20 951 LY500307 as a novel therapeutic agent for treatment of glioblastoma. Gangadhara R. Sareddy, Aleksandra Gruslova, David A. Cavazos, Rajeshwar R. Tekmal, Andrew J. Brenner, Ratna K. Vadlamudi. 4:35 952 Induction of avidity-driven hyperclustering of DR5 by a new FAP-DR5 bispecific antibody (RG7386) leads to strong antitumor efficacy. Thomas Friess, Stefanie Lechner, Esther Abraham, Ann-Marie Broeske, Sabine Bader, Andreas Roller, Meher Majety, Katharina Wartha, Suzana Vega-Harring, Hadassah Sade, Oliver Krieter, Peter Bruenker. 4:50 953 An anti-CD38 antibody drug conjugate for the treatment of diverse hematologic malignancies. James R. Prudent, David J. Marshall, John Murphy, Fabio Malavasi. 3:35 955 High-throughput functional screening for metastasis drivers of lung cancer. Caitlin L. Grzeskowiak, Rosalba Minelli, Ping Wu, Samrat Kundu, Don L. Gibbons, Kenneth L. Scott. 3:50 956 The evolutionary history of lethal metastatic prostate cancer. Gunes Gundem, Peter Van Loo, Barbara Kremeyer, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Jose M. Tubio, Elli Papaemmanuil, Daniel S. Brewer, Heini Kallio, Gunilla Högnäs, Matti Annala, Kati Kivinummi, Victoria Goody, Calli Latimer, Sarah O’Meara, Kevin J. Dawson, William Isaacs, Michael R. Emmert-Buck, Matti Nykter, Christopher Foster, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Douglas Easton, Hayley C. Whitaker, David E. Neal, Colin S. Cooper, Rosalind A. Eeles, Tapio Visakorpi, Peter J. Campbell, Ultan McDermott, David C. Wedge, G. S. Bova. 4:05 957 Towards precision functional genomics via nextgeneration functional mapping of cancer variants. Alice Berger, Eejung Kim, Angela Brooks, Yashaswi Shrestha, Yuen-Yi Tseng, Xiaoyun Wu, Nina Ilic, Lihua Zou, Atanas Kamburov, Xiaoping Yang, Cong Zhu, Paula Keskula, Sara Seepo, Andrew Hong, John Doench, Aravind Subramanian, Keith Ligon, Philip Kantoff, Katherine Janeway, Levi Garraway, David Root, Todd Golub, Matthew Meyerson, William Hahn, Gad Getz, Jesse Boehm. 4:20 958 Early hepatocellular carcinoma as another entity from classical hepatocellular carcinoma by integrated genomic analysis. Yutaka Midorikawa, Shogo Yamamoto, Kenji Tatsuno, Hiroki Ueda, Shingo Tsuji, Genta Nagae, Kotaro Sonoda, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Kyle R. Covington, Chad J. Creighton, Masahiko Sugitani, David A. Wheeler, Tadatoshi Takayama, Hiroyuki Aburatani. 4:35 959 Aromatase inhibition shapes the clonal architecture of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers. Christopher A. Miller, Yevgeniy Gindin, Charles Lu, Obi Griffith, Malachi Griffith, Dong Shen, Jeremy Hoog, Mark Watson, Sherri R. Davies, Kelly Hunt, Jacqueline E. Snider, Katherine DeSchryver, Richard K. Wilson, Mathew J. Ellis, Elaine Mardis. 4:50 Discussion. 5:05 Discussion. 276 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 MINISYMPOSIUM Sunday, 3:15 PM-5:15 PM Room 118, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 121, Pennsylvania Convention Center Molecular and Cellular Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology MYC Family Deregulation and Targeting Oncogenic Signaling and Cell Death Chairperson: David Dominguez-Sola Chairperson: Alex Toker 3:15 Introduction 3:15 Introduction 3:20 960 Deregulation of the Hippo pathway in soft tissue sarcoma promotes FOXM1 expression and tumorigenesis. T.S. Karin Eisinger, Vera Mucaj, Kevin Biju, Michael Nakazawa, Mercy Gohil, Timothy Cash, Sam Yoon, Nicolas Skuli, Kyung Min park, Sharon Gerecht, Celeste Simon. 3:20 968 Co-occurring genomic alterations define major subsets of KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma (LUAC) with distinct biology and therapeutic vulnerabilities. Ferdinandos Skoulidis, Lauren Byers, Lixia Diao, Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, Pan Tong, Julie Izzo, Carmen Behrens, Humam Kadara, Edwin R. Parra, Jaime Rodriguez-Canales, Jianjun Zhang, Uma Giri, Jayanthi Gudikote, Maria A. Cortez, Chao Yang, You Hong Fan, Michael Peyton, Luc Girard, Kevin R. Coombes, Carlo Toniatti, Timothy P. Heffernan, Murim Choi, Garrett M. Frampton, Vincent Miller, John N. Weinstein, Roy S. Herbst, Kwok-Kin Wong, Jianhua Zhang, Padmanee Sharma, Gordon M. Mills, Waun K. Hong, John D. Minna, John P. Allison, Andrew Futreal, Jing Wang, Ignacio Wistuba, John V. Heymach. 3:35 961 Genome– and proteome–wide analyses of HOXB13 and the G84E variant associated with prostate cancer. Dorhyun Johng, Michael C. Haffner, David M. Esopi, William B. Isaacs. 3:50 962 PA2G4 predicts poor prognosis in neuroblastoma patients and promotes neuroblastoma progression by enhancing MYCN protein stability. Jessica Koach, Bing Liu, Jessica L. Bell, Stefan Hüttelmaier, Tao Liu, Daniel R. Carter, Michelle Haber, Murray D. Norris, Jamie Fletcher, Belamy B. Cheung, Glenn M. Marshall. 4:05 963 Regulation of protein synthesis in primary malignant B cells: engagement of the B-cell receptor of chronic lymphocytic leukemia increases global RNA translation and translation of MYC RNA. Alison Yeomans, Steven Thirdborough, Sergey Krysov, Marina Sanchez Hidalgo, Elodie Leonard, Anne E. Willis, Andrew J. Steele, Freda K. Stevenson, Francesco Forconi, Mark Coldwell, Graham Packham. 4:20 964 GATA3 modulates chromatin structure to establish active enhancers in breast cancer cells. Motoki Takaku, Sara A. Grimm, Takashi Shimbo, Lalith Perera, Shinichi Machida, Hitoshi Kurumizaka, Paul A. Wade. 4:35 965 Identification of KJ-Pyr-9 as a potent MYC inhibitor. Jonathan R. Hart, Klaus Bister, Kim D. Janda, Peter K. Vogt. 4:50 966 LSD1 functions as a global androgen receptor coactivator and is a therapeutic target in prostate cancer. Shuai Gao, Yanfei Gao, Hansen He, Myles Brown, Steve Balk, Changmeng Cai. 5:05 Discussion. 3:35 969 B-Raf activation loop phosphorylation is crucial for efficient MAPK signalling in vivo. Martin Koehler, Michael Roering, Sandra Braun, Tilman Brummer. 3:50 970 Broad therapy resistance is induced by suppression of apoptotic priming by lineage programs and oncogenic activation. Kristopher A. Sarosiek, Alison Karst, Peter Winter, Antonio Sorrentino, Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Andrei Goga, Kris C. Wood, Ronny Drapkin, Anthony Letai. 4:05 971 Pro-apoptotic Bid preserves hematopoietic stem cell function through restraint of necrosis: implications for myelodysplastic syndrome. Sandra S. Zinkel. 4:20 972 Targeting glucose and glutamine regulated BCL2 family members for multiple myeloma therapy. Richa Bajpai, Shannon M. Matulis, Changyong Wei, Ajay K. Nooka, Lawrence H. Boise, Mala Shanmugam. 4:35 973 Coordinated regulation of cap-dependent translation and microRNA function by convergent signaling through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR and Jak/Stat/Pim signaling pathways. Scott H. Olejniczak, Gaspare La Rocca, Megan Radler, Craig B. Thompson. 4:50 Discussion. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 277 MINISYMPOSIUM Sunday, 3:15 PM-5:15 PM Room 115, Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 113, Pennsylvania Convention Center Tumor Biology Tumor Biology Cancer Stem Cells 1 Signaling of the Microenvironment Regulates Tumor Progression Chairperson: Andreas Trumpp Chairperson: 3:15 Introduction 3:20 974 FAK inhibitors VS-6063 and VS-4718 target cancer stem cells: Implications for TNBC sequential and combination therapies. Vihren N. Kolev, Kam Sprott, Qunli Xu, Jonathan A. Pachter, David T. Weaver. 3:35 975 Monoclonal antibody targeting of ADAM17 is an effective treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer resulting in tumor growth control and reductions of cancer stem cells. Joseph Dosch, Elizabeth Ziemke, Theodore Welling, Karin Hardiman, Juidth Sebolt-Leopold, Emil Michelotti, Robert Hollingsworth, Elaine Hurt. 3:50 976 Metabolic eradication of treatment resistant cancer stem cells in pancreatic tumors: A clonal tracking-based platform for identifying the best personalized treatment. Denise Corti, Alessandro Carugo, Seth Sahil, Matteo Marchesini, Piergiorgio Pettazzoni, Luigi Nezi, Tessa Green, Joseph R Marszalek, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Timothy P Heffernan, Giulio F Draetta, Andrea Viale. 4:05 977 3D-models of patient-derived colon tumors for the identification of genetic factors important in the regulation of cancer stem cells. Joseph L. Regan, Dirk Schumacher, Stephanie Staudte, Karsten Boehnke, Ulrich Keilholz, Johannes Haybaeck, Hans Lehrach, David Henderson, Reinhold Schaefer, Christian R. Regenbrecht, Dominik Mumberg, Martin Lange. 4:20 978 QKI deletion enhances self-renewal of glioma stem cells and promotes gliomagenesis. Takashi Shingu, Allen Ho, Liang Yuan, Jian Hu. 4:35 979 Dynamic epigenetic regulation of glioblastoma tumorigenicity through LSD1 modulation of MYC expression. Jie Li, David Kozono, Masayuki Nitta, Oltea Sampetrean, David Gonda, Deepa S. Kushwaha, Dmitry Merzon, Valya Ramakrishnan, Shan Zhu, Kaya Zhu, Hiroko Matsui, Olivier Harismendy, Wei Hua, Ying Mao, Chang-Hyuk Kwon, Hideyuki Saya, Bob S. Carter, Donald P. Pizzo, Scott R. VandenBerg, Clark C. Chen. 3:15 Introduction 3:20 981 Activation of EGF receptor in macrophages inhibits M2 polarization and suppresses proliferation and epithelial-tomesenchymal transition in gastric epithelial cells. Gang Zhao, Liping Liu, D. Brent Polk, Richard M. Peek, Xishan Hao, Hui Li, Fang Yan. 3:35 982 Hyaluronan (HA) depletion increases tumor accessibility of T cell and therapeutic PD-L1 monoclonal antibody in HAhigh tumors. Netai C. Singha, Chunmei Zhao, Jesse Bahn, Adrian Radi, H. Michael Shepard, Zhongdong Huang. 3:50 983 Gas6/Axl mediation of prostate cancer cell dormancy requires cooperation with additional bone marrow niche components. Haley Axelrod, Kenneth J. Pienta. 4:05 984 FGF2 from the bone marrow promotes resistance to FLT3 inhibitors in AML. Jacqueline Martinez, Elie Traer, Nathalie JavidiSharifi, Anupriya Agarwal, Jennifer Dunlap, Isabel English, Tibor Kovacsovics, Jeffrey Tyner, Melissa Wong, Brian Druker. 4:20 985 Stromal PDGFR-␣ activation stalls mammary ductal development and increases tumorigenic potential of mammary epithelia. Anisha Mathur, Gina M. Sizemore, Subhasree Balakrishnan, Vasudha C. Shukla, Maria Cuitino, Anthony J. Trimboli, Samir Ghadiali, Gustavo W. Leone, Michael C. Ostrowski. 4:35 986 Role of Gpr43 in intestinal inflammation and carcinogenesis. Sathish Sivaprakasam, Ashish Gurav, Ganapathy Vadivel, Nagendra Singh. 4:50 987 NGF promotes gastrointestinal cancer development through tumor-associated neurogenesis. Yoku Hayakawa, Samuel Asfaha, Bernhard W. Renz, Christoph B. Westphalen, Yagnesh Tailor, Karan Nagar, Daniel L. Worthley, Duan Chen, Timothy C. Wang. 5:05 Discussion. 4:50 980 Encoding immortality: Transcriptional control of telomerase in stem cells in vivo. Matthew Pech, Alina Garbuzov, Meena Sukhwani, Berenice Benayoun, Shengda Lin, Anne Brunet, Kyle Orwig, Steven E. Artandi. 5:05 Discussion. 278 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 279 MEET AND GREET (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AACRcentral, AACR Amphitheater, Halls B-E, Booth #725 Meet the Mentor Undergraduate Focus Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD Yale Cancer Center, New Haven CT Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, will engage undergraduate students in an informal discussion about cancer research. Key answers will also be provided to important questions to help guide students in their professional development throughout their cancer research career. All undergraduate student attendees at the Annual Meeting are invited to participate in this session. Dr. Herbst is nationally recognized for his leadership and expertise in lung cancer treatment and research. He is best known for his work in developmental therapeutics and the personalized therapy of non-small cell lung cancer, in particular the process of linking genetic abnormalities of cancer cells to novel therapies. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), where he chairs the Tobacco Task Force, as well as the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Institute of Medicine’s National Cancer Policy Forum. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Herbst is also a vice chair of the Southwest Oncology Group’s lung committee, a member of the medical advisory committee for the Lung Cancer Research Foundation and chair of the communications committee for the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and has current grant funding for his work from numerous sources including the National Cancer Institute, AACR, and multiple charitable foundations. Dr. Herbst received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and earned a PhD in molecular cell biology from the Rockefeller University. He completed his medical oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a medical hematology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he additionally received a master’s degree from Harvard University in their clinical investigator training program. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 279 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 280 MEET AND GREET (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Booth #1827 (Publications Booth), Halls B-E Meet the Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Research George C. Prendergast, PhD President, CEO, and Professor Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Join us at Booth #1827 at AACR Annual Meeting 2015 to meet the editors of the AACR Publications. The Editors-in-Chief will explain the mission and scope of their journal, recent submission trends, and other topics of interest for researchers looking to publish their work in the highly esteemed AACR journals. Learn what Editors look for in manuscripts and participate in a unique Q&A session. Cancer Research is the most frequently cited cancer journal in the world. The journal publishes original studies, reviews, and opinion pieces offering significance and broad impact to a diverse audience spanning basic, preclinical, clinical, prevention, and epidemiologic research. Cancer Research seeks manuscripts that offer pathobiological and translational impact to inform the personal, clinical, and societal problems posed by cancer. The main scope of the journal is captured in its primary subsections, which focus on molecular and cellular pathobiology, tumor and stem cell biology, therapeutics and targets, microenvironment and immunology, prevention and epidemiology, and integrated systems and technology. 280 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 281 EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL-SPONSORED SESSION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Room 105, Pennsylvania Convention Center Funding Opportunities in Europe for Creative Minds From Anywhere in the World Launched 2007, the European Research Council is already shaping Europe’s research scene and is highly regarded by the international research community, establishing itself as a world-class research funding agency. This investigator-driven, pioneering frontier research funded is now starting to bear fruit. Horizon 2020 (H2020), the new European Union framework program for research and innovation runs from 2014-2020. With a budget of €77 billion, Horizon 2020 is a key component of Europe’s strategy to create economic growth and to reinforce its global competitiveness. The European Research Council (ERC) is part of H2020’s first pillar of “Excellent Science” and has a budget of over €13 billion, an approximate 75% increase compared to the previous framework program. This substantial budget increase will allow the ERC to continue its mission – finding and funding the very best researchers with the most creative ideas. Through highly competitive selections for attractive grants, the ERC promotes junior and established researchers to pursue their work in Europe in any field of research and regardless of their nationality. Encouraging international scientific cooperation, the ERC supports top researchers from anywhere in the world, including the USA. Since 2007, more than 4,000 projects have been selected for funding from more than 43,000 applications, including several Nobel Prize winners. The workshop will explain the ERC’s funding schemes as well as provide answers to practical questions such as: • How does the ERC support research careers? • What are their main features? • What are the main changes for the ERC with respect to the new Horizon 2020 framework? • What are the selection criteria and how long is the selection process? • How does the application process work? • How many researchers are funded each year? • What are the chances of success? Speakers: Nadia El Mjiyad, European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium Laura Soucek, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncolgy, Barcelona, Spain Jason Carroll, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom Cedric Blanpain, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium Viktória Bodnárová, Euraxess, Washington, DC April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 281 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 282 PEZCOLLER-AACR AWARD LECTURE Sunday, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Eighteenth Annual Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights, Opportunities, and Prospects for a Cure James P. Allison, PhD, FAACR The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX The Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award was established in 1997 to recognize a scientist who has made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research, or who has made significant contributions to translational cancer research; who continues to be active in cancer research, and has a record of recent and noteworthy publications; and whose ongoing work holds promise for continued substantive contributions to progress in the field of cancer. This award honors James P. Allison, PhD, for his seminal discoveries that established new paradigms in basic cancer immunology and led to the development of novel cancer therapeutics. Specifically, he is recognized for his identification of CTLA-4 as an inhibitory receptor on T cells that serves as a checkpoint to ensure proper control of immune responses. He subsequently developed and tested the hypothesis that blockade of CTLA-4 would enhance antitumor T cell responses by releasing CTLA-4 suppression. The success of these studies opened the field of immune checkpoint blockade in human cancer therapy. Dr. Allison’s findings have had a profound impact on patients and revolutionized the way we think about cancer treatment. Throughout his career, Dr. Allison has contributed significantly to the field of immunology. Early in his career, his laboratory provided several important insights into the basic mechanisms involved in T cell activation, T cell receptor structure, and antigen recognition. He also investigated other receptors that participated in regulation of T cell activation or inhibition; for example, the CD28 and CTLA-4 pair of T cell receptors was found to regulate dichotomous T cell responses when linked to their common binding protein, B7-1,2, on antigen presenting cells. Dr. Allison demonstrated that CD28 engagement stimulated T cell function, whereas CTLA-4 suppressed T cell activation. These studies and subsequent mechanistic investigations led Dr. Allison to propose that CTLA-4 inhibition of T cells limited immune destruction of tumor 282 cells and that blockage of this receptor might unleash T cell antitumor activity. He then established models to test this hypothesis, generating blocking monoclonal antibodies to CTLA-4 and showing that these antibodies induced tumor regression in mice. The success of these preclinical studies motivated Dr. Allison to work with Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop and test a therapeutic monoclonal anti-CTLA-4 antibody (iplilimumab) in cancer patients. Treatment with ipilimumab was shown to induce remission in a subset of patients, providing further evidence of efficacy in phase II and III trials, and therefore led to FDA approval of the drug in 2011. These studies of CTLA-4 laid the foundation for development of a new class of “immune checkpoint therapies,” drugs that target T cell inhibitory pathways (e.g., pembrolizumab for PD-1/PD-L1 blockade), and changed the landscape of cancer treatment. Dr. Allison’s outstanding accomplishments have been recognized by his appointment as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, his election to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Association of Arts and Sciences, the American Society of Microbiology, and as a Fellow of the AACR Academy. Likewise, he is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the Canada Gairdner International Award, the 2013 Innovation Award for Bioscience, and two AACR awards, the AACR-Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology and the AACR G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award. AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 283 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Sunday, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Hall A (200 Level), Pennsylvania Convention Center Resistance to Endocrine Therapy: Insights from Presurgical Trials in Breast Cancer Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN AACR President Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, is professor of medicine and cancer biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he holds the Donna S. Hall chair in breast cancer research. He serves as associate director for translational/clinical research; director of the Breast Cancer Program; director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Research Network (VICCRN); and director of Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, TN. Dr. Arteaga’s research interests include oncogene signaling and molecular therapeutics in breast cancer with an emphasis on targeted therapies, mechanisms of drug resistance, translational research, and investigator-initiated clinical trials. Early in his career, he was the first to report the roles of IGF-I receptors and TGF beta in breast cancer progression and their use as therapeutic targets. More recent work has focused on the role of presurgical and neoadjuvant trials to discover molecular biomarkers that inform patient selection in clinical trials and/or for the discovery of mechanisms of drug resistance in breast cancer. In studies focused on hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, he showed the role of aberrant activation of the PI3K pathway in promoting escape from antiestrogens and the ability of inhibitors of HER2 and PI3K to reverse resistance to antiestrogen therapy in human breast cancer. Since 2001, he has led the National Cancer Institute-funded Vanderbilt Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in breast cancer. His work has significant implications for novel clinical trials in patients with breast cancer. Dr. Arteaga received his medical degree in 1980 from the Facultad de Ciencias Médicas at the Universidad de Guayaquil in Ecuador. Following internal medicine residency at Emory University in Atlanta, he completed a fellowship in medical oncology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Arteaga joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University in 1989. April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA He has received many honors and awards, including the AACR-Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award; the American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award; the Gianni Bonadonna Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology; the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction from Susan G. Komen; and, early in his career, the Clinical Investigator Award from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. In 2013, he was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Additionally, he is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians and member of Susan G. Komen Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Arteaga’s involvement in the AACR spans more than a decade. He was a member of the Board of Directors (2004-2007); chair of the AACR Special Conferences Committee (2002-2008); chair of the AACR/NCI/EORTC Molecular Targets meeting in 2001; member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee in 2012 and 2013; co-chair of the Molecularly Targeted Therapies: Mechanisms of Resistance special conference in 2012; member of the Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee in 2012; member of the AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Selection Committee in 2011; co-chair of the AACR-Japanese Cancer Association joint conference; cochair of the AACR special conference, Advances in Breast Cancer Research, in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2013; and an editorial board member of an AACR journal, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, from 2002 to 2012. Dr. Arteaga was also an editorial board member for the AACR’s Clinical Cancer Research from 2001 to 2004 and deputy editor from 2004 to 2013. He has served as AACR co-chair of the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium since 2009, is a principal investigator on the Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team, Targeting the PI3K Pathways in Women’s Cancers, and has recently been elected to the 2015 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy. 283 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 284 CIMM TOWN MEETING (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Commonwealth Hall A-C (Second Floor), Loews Philadelphia Hotel Cancer Immunology (CIMM) Working Group Town Hall Meeting Co-Sponsored by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) This co-sponsored session is an opportunity for all interested to hear from our colleagues in the AACR-Cancer Immunology (CIMM) Working Group and the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) speak on “Regulating T Cell Responses: Lessons for Cancer Immunotherapy.” Dr. E. John Wherry, University of Pennsylvania, will speak on “Molecular mechanisms of T cell exhaustion: Implications for immunotherapy”; Dr. Ana C. Anderson, Harvard Medical School, will speak on “Navigating the growing landscape of immune checkpoint receptors”; and Dr. Holbrook E. Kohrt, Stanford University, will speak on “Intratumoral immunotherapy to unlock systemic T cell and antitumor responses.” Additionally, Dr. Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Scientific Affairs of CRI, will introduce the program, and Dr. Glenn Dranoff, Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Immunology Research will provide an update about this journal. After this exciting program, a networking reception will follow. Come learn about these and other important CIMM initiatives, meet members of the working group and steering committee, in addition to taking advantage of the opportunity to join the CIMM Working Group. 6:00 p.m. Chairperson: Opening Remarks Nina Bhardwaj, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 6:15 p.m. Chairperson-Elect: Remarks Pamela S. Ohashi, Ontario Cancer Institute/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 6:30 p.m. Editor-in-Chief, Cancer Immunology Research: Cancer Immunology Research Update Glenn Dranoff, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA 6:40 p.m. Program Opening Remarks Pamela S. Ohashi, Ontario Cancer Institute/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 6:45 p.m. Program Introduction Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), New York, NY 6:50 p.m. Molecular mechanisms of T cell exhaustion: Implications for immunotherapy E. John Wherry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 7:05 p.m. Navigating the growing landscape of immune checkpoint receptors Ana C. Anderson, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 7:20 p.m. Intratumoral immunotherapy to unlock systemic T cell and antitumor responses Holbrook E. Kohrt, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 7:35 p.m. Closing Remarks Pamela S. Ohashi, Ontario Cancer Institute/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 284 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 285 AACR NETWORKING HUBS (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Broad Street Atrium, Pennsylvania Convention Center AACR Networking Hubs The AACR Annual Meeting brings together senior and junior investigators from all over the world to learn about the latest in cancer research. In an effort to facilitate more intimate networking opportunities for attendees in focused scientific areas, the AACR debuted a series of Networking Hubs in 2014. Join us on Sunday, April 19, from 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. for one of the six new topics that will be featured in this year’s Hubs. The Networking Hubs do not feature a formal program, but instead will be your chance to speak face-to-face with potential colleagues and collaborators. Junior investigators are especially encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to mingle with respected senior investigators and meet fellow junior investigators with similar research interests. It is our hope that discussions started during the Networking Hubs will be continued throughout the Annual Meeting and beyond. 2015 Networking Hubs: • Biomarker-Driven Clinical Trials • Cell Death • Diabetes and Cancer Prevention • DNA Repair • Epigenetics • Metabolism Each Hub will be limited to 60 registrants. Registration is free for Annual Meeting attendees, but will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Light fare will be provided and each registrant will receive one drink ticket upon entry. Don’t miss this opportunity. Reserve a spot in the Networking Hub of your choice: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AACR2015_hubs April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 285 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 286 PCWG TOWN MEETING (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Regency Ballroom C (Second Floor), Loews Philadelphia Hotel AACR Pediatric Cancer Working Group Town Hall Meeting and Networking Reception All attendees of the AACR Annual Meeting are invited to attend this special evening session and networking reception hosted by the AACR Pediatric Cancer Working Group. In addition to open discussion and a networking reception, this meeting will consist of an interactive summary of AACR’s past, present, and future pediatric oncology-related initiatives, as well as recognition of the Pediatric Cancer Working Group’s leadership and sponsors. Speakers: Lee J. Helman, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Garrett M. Brodeur, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Crystal L. Mackall, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 286 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 287 SPECIAL SESSION Sunday, 7:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin 12 Clinical Oncology/Hematology Fellows Networking and Mentoring Reception All meeting attendees who are clinical research fellows, postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors, or equivalent early-career investigators actively engaged in any aspect of clinical oncology/hematology cancer research are cordially invited to attend this inaugural networking and mentoring reception. This special informal event will feature remarks by current AACR President, Dr. Carlos L. Arteaga. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be available for all attendees. Speaker: Carlos C. Arteaga, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN April 18-22, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA 287 11_15AM_Sun_Layout 1 3/27/15 12:20 PM Page 288 ANNUAL RECEPTION (not eligible for CME credit) Sunday, 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Annual Reception All Annual Meeting registrants are invited to attend the Annual Reception on Sunday evening, April 19, from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Complimentary light refreshments will be served, and a live band will provide music for dancing. On Sunday evening, shuttle buses will run between all AACR hotels where busing is provided during the day and the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Shuttle schedules will be posted in each hotel. Each registrant will receive a voucher for a complimentary beverage at the Annual Reception with his/her registration materials. 288 AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2015