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Number 3 2002 |
Contents: Presidents' Report Scientific Poster Winners from the 28th ASM Sponsorship Donations for Congress 2004 |
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REPORT from The President |
 Bob Eckstein
The recent Annual Scientific Meeting at Darling Harbour was highly successful. Excellent presentations were given in the fields of Gastrointestinal and Pancreato-biliary Pathology by our speakers from overseas, Dr Robert Petras and Dr David Owen. The speakers clearly enjoyed their experience of Australia, and we expect to see them here again. The contribution of local speakers is no less important to the success of the Scientific Meeting, and the specialty clubs, other lectures, posters and trade displays, again provided an excellent educational forum for pathologists and trainees. Stan McCarthy gave an interesting Vincent J McGovern Memorial
Lecture on a topic close to Vince’s heart - “Changing Perspectives
in Melonoeytic Lesions”. The 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Division will be held at Darling Harbour, Sydney, from May 30 to June 1, 2003. The major themes will be Gynaecological Pathology and Endocrine (mainly thyroid) Pathology. Our guest speakers from overseas will be Professor Robert Kurman and Professor Sylvia Asa. There will be an expanded Gynaecological Pathology companion meeting on the Friday. Richard Jaworski and Robyn Apel are assisting with the organisation of the Gynaecological and Endocrine programmes respectively. By now you should have our website www.iap-aus.org.au book-marked. It can be accessed to give information about our forthcoming meetings. It has other useful administrative and educational material. It also provides links to the websites of other IAP Divisions and other useful organisations. No Annual Scientific Meeting will be held at Darling Harbour in 2004, as that is the year of the International Scientific Congress of the IAP, which will take place in Brisbane from 10-15 October 2004. Organisation for that meeting is progressing smoothly. The meeting will be very much a meeting for and of Australasian pathologists, and will be a wonderful opportunity to meet with our overseas colleagues. Local organisers are in place for each sub-specialty of Anatomical Pathology. Now is the time to consider the scientific contribution that you can make to that meeting. Finally, I encourage all members to provide current contact details with the next subscription payment. In particular, a current e-mail address will allow the executive to improve communication with the membership.
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Congress 2004 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre |
The President-Elect of the IAP, Professor Shinichiro Ushigome from Tokyo, attended the Annual General Meeting and met many of the delegates. He then travelled to Brisbane to meet the local organisers of the Congress and to inspect the Congress facilities. His visit to Australia was very successful. He will advertise the Congress widely in his travels in the next two years. We thank him for coming to our meeting. You will notice that the advertisement for the XXIV Congress in Amsterdam has now been replaced by the advertisement for the XXV Congress in Brisbane. This gives an indication of how close the Congress now is. We are getting good support from sponsors. We would like more, particularly from the pathology firms in Australia and New Zealand. The website for the Congress is now active and you may obtain up to date information on the Congress organisation by accessing the website – www.iap2004@im.com.au Our secretary, Jan McLean in Sydney, has a supply of business cards advertising the Congress. We ask anybody who will be attending congresses internationally or who is communicating with friends and colleagues overseas to ask her for copies of the business card which you can distribute. There is no doubt that the best form of advertising is personal contact. There are 700 of us who can become involved in the marketing campaign for the Congress to be run by the Australasian Division. |
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Scientific Posters at the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting |
This year there were 31 posters. Professor C Soon Lee organised the poster session. Drs Ewan Miller and Richard Scolyer were members of the Review Panel. Drs Dahlstrom, Walker and B Young, judged the posters. Winners were:
2nd Prize:
First Prize – Registrar:
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WEBSITE UPDATE Richard Jaworski is developing our website. He would be grateful for contributions from members of the Division.
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Our Division's website can be accessed at: http://www.iap-aus.org.au or http://iap-aus.org.au Within the site you will find information about the Division, this year's Annual Scientific Meeting and information about registering on-line, newsletters, information about other important pathology meetings, links to other sites of pathological interest, information about contacting the secretariat and information about becoming a member. I am developing a Member's section on the website. In this area you will find interesting educational cases. To access the Member's site section you will need to know the username and password. User name: iapmember You need to enter these in lower case. The Division's website is constantly being updated so remember to REFRESH the page in your browser. I would like to hear from members as to what they would like to see put on the website and how I can improve it. You can contact me at : Email: richardj@icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au Phone: (02) 9845 6222 Richard Jaworski |
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Subscriptions Overdue |
Reminder letters are currently being distributed to members who inadvertedly do not have their subscription payments up to date. We would appreciate prompt payment as we are planning to implement a different accounting system and it would be nice to start with a clean slate. Please check your records if you are unsure of your financial situation, particularly if you are attending any scientific meetings where discount is applied to financial Academy members. |
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| HER2 Testing Update Associate Professor
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HER2 testing of breast cancer specimens is now being undertaken in a large number of laboratories in Australia and New Zealand. In most laboratories the method used is immunohistochemistry but there are also several laboratories in both countries that are using fluorescence in situ hybridisation as their testing method. Other laboratories are evaluating the use of PCR. In the case of immunohistochemistry a variety of commercially available primary antibodies is being used in addition to the HER2 “testing kits”. “Testing Algorithms” for the interpretation of immunohistochemistry are being widely used in a large number of countries in which HER2 testing has been established. All of these algorithms advise re-testing of equivocal (2+) cancers. HER2 Testing Questionnaire,
and Staining and Reporting Exercise FISH Reference Laboratory
These results are very much in-line with international published data particularly concerning the low rate of 2+ cancers showing gene amplification and the negligible rate of gene amplification in 1+ cancers. Assessment of Shed HER2 Extracellular
Domain in Serum See: Esteva, FJ., Valero V., Booser D, et al. |
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| Faces from the 28th ASM |
Above: Tony Leong with two pathologists from Thailand who are having postgraduate experience in his department in Newcastle. On Tony’s left is Jongkolnee Settacorn, Staff Pathologist from Chiang Mai and on Tony’s right Nantana Kaewpila, Head of the Pathology Department at Srinakharimwirot University, Bangkok
Above: John Bothman, Ann Warrell
Bob Eckstein with Robert Petras, the Visiting Lecturer at the Saturday session
Above: President Elect, Shinichiro Ushigome with a group of pathologists at the Cocktail Party on Friday evening.
Avove: L-R. Gail Wiseman (Novartis), Christopher Corless (Novartis sponsored lecturer) and Paul Waring (Peter McCallum Institute, Melbourne)
Above: Glen Francis, Tony Dore, Ben Hoogsma
Bob Eckstein with David Owen, Guest Speaker at the Sunday session
Brett Delahunt (Wellington) and Phil Allen (Adelaide)
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| Sponsorship Donations for Congress 2004 |
Government: Queensland Health Brisbane City Council Office of Economic Development The Lord Mayor of Brisbane Companies: Individuals: |
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The Third I.A.P. Asia Pacific Meeting |
The Third I.A.P. Asia Pacific Meeting is to be held in Bangkok January 21 - 23, 2003. Delegates and speakers are required. This is a combined meeting of all the Divisions in the Asia Pacific Region. These include Thailand, India, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Australia and New Zealand. For more information contact: |
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