Abstract
The Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital hosted the Cancer Biomarker Conference (CBC) on March 22, 2014, at the Houston Methodist Research Institute in association with the department’s Houston Methodist Diagnostic Laboratories. The CBC was inspired by the work of the Cancer Biomarker Reporting Committee (CBRC) of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), which cosponsored the conference. In organizing this conference, our goal was to offer a utilitarian program that addressed practical issues in cancer biomarker testing for pathologists and other physicians involved in everyday care of cancer patients. In contrast to methodology, we focused on how to provide a cancer biomarker service; test selection, interpretation, reporting and reimbursement issues for biomarker testing; tissue management; and biomarker test selection and interpretation for specific solid cancers. The faculty was composed of members of the CBRC and other prominent experts from other CAP committees. In addition, future visions were provided by Dr Gene Herbek, President of the CAP; Dr Ed Uthman, President of the Texas Society of Pathologists (TSP); and Dr Peter Yu, President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The articles in this second part of a 2-part special section are derived from lectures at the CBC as well as contributions from other members of the CBRC. Other cosponsors of the CBC included the TSP, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the American Society for Investigative Pathology, the Chinese American Pathologists Association, the Florida Society of Pathologists, the Oklahoma State Association of Pathologists, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and Baylor Scott & White Healthcare—Central. Specific individuals whom we would like to recognize include:
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