(Fusion 1) Advances in Oncogenic Evaluation and Nomenclature of Gene Fusions in Solid Tumors

Program Committee Moderator(s)

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  Arivarasan Karunamurthy, n/a

  Assistant Professor
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Presentations:

• 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM EST

  Gene Fusions in Cancers: Challenges in Detection and Interpretation
  

  Breakout Speaker: Angshumoy Roy, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital
• 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM EST

  Standards for classifying fusion oncogenicity and its applications
  

  Breakout Speaker: Jason Saliba – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST

  Standards for gene fusion nomenclature and reporting
  

  Breakout Speaker: Karen Tsuchiya, MD (she/her/hers) – Institute for Genomic Medicine/Nationwide Children's Hospital