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Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1:00 PM-2 PM ET
Join us for a session to help improve diagnostic accuracy in your practice when scoring HER2 IHC 0 with faint, incomplete membrane staining in ≤10% of tumor cells vs IHC 0 with no membrane staining detected in patients with mBC.

Webinar presenter Samuel Caughron, MD, FCAP, Chief Strategy Officer, MAWD Pathology, Medical Director of Laboratory, AdventHealth Kansas City, Medical Director of Laboratory, Labcorp, President, Member & Director, Pathology Ventures, LLC

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is intended for US healthcare professionals. This program is being sponsored by AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:30 PM-2 PM ET
Hear experts discuss a multidisciplinary approach to oncopathology for HER2
assessments for solid tumors in the absence of a companion diagnostic.

Webinar presenters Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Medical Director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Emina E. Torlakovic, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD, FRCPC, Deputy Director, Canadian Biomarker Quality, Assurance—Programme canadien d’assurance de la qualité des biomarqueurs

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM-1 PM ET
Join leading pathology experts, Savitri Krishnamurthy, MD, and Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, for a webinar exploring potential challenges in HER2 IHC testing for breast cancer, emerging evidence supporting digital and computational pathology as assistive tools for pathologists in HER2 IHC assessment, and practical considerations for real-world implementation and adoption.

Webinar presenters Savitri Krishnamurthy, MD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Anatomical Pathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, Surgical Pathologist and Cytopathologist Member and Professor, Departments of Pathology, Machine Learning, and Translational Pathology, Scientific Director, Analytic Microscopy Core Chair, Women in Oncology Executive Board Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speakers are being compensated for their presentations. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME credit.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 12 PM-1 PM ET
Hear an expert pathologist discuss the role of HER2 IHC testing and scoring in solid tumors including endometrial, ovarian, cervical, bladder, non-small cell lung, colorectal, and biliary cancers

Webinar presenter Michelle Shiller, DO, MSPT, Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Fulgent Genetics; Texas Cancer Interception Institute

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is intended for US healthcare professionals. This program is being sponsored by AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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Product Spotlight

Beckman Coulter

Unicel DxI 600

Company

Beckman Coulter

Name of instrument

Unicel DxI 600

Contact

Doug Lee   

Email

dylee@beckman.com

City, State

Brea, CA

Phone

800-526-3821   

Website

http://www.beckmancoulter.com

Type of instrument

immunoassay

List price/First year sold in U.S.

—/2006

Targeted hospital bed size/Targeted test volume

—

Company manufactures instrument

yes (also sold by McKesson, Henry Schein, Medline, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Other models in this family of analyzers

Access 2, Unicel DxI 800

No. of units in clinical use in U.S./Outside U.S. (countries)

—

Dimensions (H × W × D)/Instrument footprint

67 × 61.5 × 37.5 in./16 sq. ft.

Weight empty/Weight fully loaded

1,065 lbs./—

No. of different measured assays onboard simultaneously

50 (50 can be run and calibrated at one time)

No. of user-definable (open chemistry) channels

0

Test throughput per hour/Assay run time

up to 200/13–55 min.

No. of direct ion-selective electrode channels

—

Detection methods

—

Stat time until completion/specimen throughput for Ion-selective electrode

—

Stat time until completion/specimen throughput for Ion-selective electrode basic metabolic panel

—

Stat time until completion/specimen throughput for Ion-selective electrode complete metabolic panel

—

Typical time delay from ordering stat test until aspiration of sample

—

Fully automated microplate immunoassay system

no

Methodologies supported

chemiluminescence

Separation methodologies

magnetic particle

Stat time until completion of a ß-hCG test

15 min.

Stat time until completion of a cTn test

17 min.

• Typical time delay from test order to aspiration of sample

18 sec.

Reagents refrigerated onboard/Reagents ready to use

yes (4°–10°C)/yes

Reagent lot tracking/Reagent inventory

yes/yes

Reagent form/Reagents barcoded

liquid chemistry (closed reagent system)/yes

Separate reagent pack for each specimen/for each test run

no/no

Walkaway capability/Walkaway duration

yes/180 min. or 60 specimens

Design of sample-handling system

rack

Uses washable cuvettes/Uses disposable cuvettes

no/yes (can store > 1,000 cuvettes)

Min.–max. sample volume that can be aspirated at one time 

5–200 µL

Min. reaction volume/Min. specimen volume/Min. dead volume

10 µL/150 µL/140 µL

Dedicated pediatric sample cup

yes (dead volume: 100 µL)

Primary tube sampling

yes

Accommodates most standard tube sizes/Accepts nonstandard tube sizes

yes/—

Pierces caps on primary tubes

no

Protects against probe collision

no

Detects clots/liquid level/short sample

yes/yes/yes

Detection or quantitation for hemolysis, icterus, lipemia, clots

detection for clots; hemolysis, icterus, lipemia not available

Dilutes patient samples onboard/Susceptibility to carryover

yes (can be programmed to perform dilutions prior to analysis)/—

Automatic rerun capability

yes

Sample volume can be diluted to rerun out-of-linear-range high results

yes

Sample volume can be concentrated to rerun out-of-linear-range low results

no

Autocalibration/Multipoint calibration supported

no (calibrants are not stored onboard)/yes (recommended avg. frequency: 28 days)

Typical calibration frequency for ISE/therapeutic drugs/drugs of abuse/general chemistries/immunoassays

—/—/—/—/28 days

Automatic programmable start/Automatic programmable shutdown

no/no

Onboard real-time QC/Onboard software capability to review QC

no/yes

Supports multiple QC lot numbers per analyte

yes

Waste management

direct to drain

Sample barcode-reading capability/Autodiscrimination

yes (Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 39, Code 128)/no

Lab can control analyzer from remote computer

yes

Instrument can diagnose its own malfunctions

yes (operator intervention required to order parts)

System malfunctions can be diagnosed via remote monitoring

yes

UPS backup power supply

yes

Data-management capability/LIS or EHR systems interfaced

onboard/Oracle Health, Antrim, CCA, Chemware, Dawning Technologies, SCC, Dynamic Healthcare, Antek, more

LIS interface provided/Bidirectional interface capability

yes (included in instrument price)/yes (broadcast download and host query)

Modem servicing provided/Service engineer on-site response time

yes/within 24 hrs.

Mean time between failures

3.1 down service calls per year (displays error codes for troubleshooting)

Average scheduled maintenance time by lab personnel

daily: < 10 min.; weekly: 15 min. at 5, 000 tests; monthly: 35 min. at 10, 000 tests

Maintenance records kept onboard for user/vendor

yes/no

Maintenance training demonstration module onboard

yes

Training included with purchase/Avg. time for basic user training

yes (2 training slots)/3 days (at vendor site)

Advanced operator training/Extra charge for follow-up or advanced training

yes (at vendor site)/yes

Warranty provided/Cost of annual service contract (24 h/7 d)

yes (1 year)/—

Distinguishing features (supplied by company)

onboard aliquoting quickly frees samples for other analyses; scalable results across all immunoassay systems; liquid, ready-to-use reagents

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