ISGyP LiVE Journal Club – Winning Trainee Abstracts for USCAP Meeting 2025

Dwayne Lawrence Award for Best Platform Presentation by a Trainee at the 2025 USCAP Annual Meeting:

• Minami Tokuyama, MD; Stanford University, CA

 DNA Methylation Profiling of Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors Suggests Adenosarcomas Are a Heterogeneous Group of Neoplasms

Co-authors: Erna Forgo, Emanuela D`Angelo, Reem Al-Humadi, Leandra Kingsley, Arslan Kasimov, Sabrina Zdravkovic, Sarah Lawson, Tamra-Lee McCleary, Jennifer Bennett, Carlos Parra-Herran, David Kolin, Marisa Nucci, Matt Quick, Glenn McCluggage, Brooke Howitt.

ISGyP Awards for Best Poster Presentations by a Trainee at the 2025 USCAP Annual Meeting

First Prize:

• Anusha Vemuri, MD; University of Chicago, IL

A Deeper Dive into POLE-Mutated Endometrial Carcinomas: The Contributions and Consequences of Tumor Mutational Burden

Co-authors: Melissa Tjota, Pankhuri Wanjari, Gini Fleming, Peng Wang, Jennifer Bennett.

Second Prize (shared between two posters):

• Benjamin L. Coiner, MD; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

CTNNB1-Mutant High Grade Endometrial Carcinoma: Clinical Outcomes and Prevalence of Pilomatrix-Like and Corded Hyalinized Morphologies in an Institutional Case Control Series

Co-authors: Aarti Sharma, Zehra Ordulu, Carlos Parra-Herran.

• Haley N. Corbin, MD; University of Pittsburgh, PA

Spatial Architecture of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) Is an Independent Prognostic Marker in Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinomas (VSCC): A Multi-Institutional Assessment from the Lower Genital Tract Carcinoma (LGTC) Study Group

Co-authors: Ipsa Yadav, Germán Corredor, Tilak Pathak, Krunal Pandav, Pranav Patwardhan, Baher Elgohari, Somaye Zare, Rohit Bhargava, Stephanie Skala, Mohamed Desouki, Oluwole Fadare, Anant Madabhushi, T. Rinda Soong.