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Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET
This session is designed to improve understanding and application of recent updates to synoptic pathology reporting protocols such as the latest Reporting Template for Reporting Results of Biomarker Testing of Specimens from Patients with Carcinoma of the Breast. These changes reflect evolving clinical guidelines that directly influence diagnostic accuracy and treatment selection in breast cancer care.

Webinar presenters Thaer Khoury, MD, FCAP, Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Cente, and Colin Murphy,  CEO of mTuitive.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the expanded clinical utility of HER2 IHC scoring in metastatic breast cancer and its impact on your practice

Webinar presenters Michelle Shiller, DO, AP, CP, MGP, FACP, Baylor University Medical Center.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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Interactive Product Guides

CAP TODAY

ChromaCode launches multidrug resistance assay

January 2020—ChromaCode has launched the HDPCR Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) Panel, a highly multiplexed real-time PCR assay. The panel detects nine of the most common causes of Gram-negative multidrug resistance and toxigenic Clostridium difficile in a 96-well format. Key features of the panel, the company reports, include seamless integration onto common qPCR instrumentation, scalable throughput, and streamlined data analysis, management, and test customization with ChromaCode Cloud software. The MDR panel is for research use only.

FDA approves Myriad MyChoice CDx

January 2020—The FDA has approved Myriad Genetics’ MyChoice CDx for use as a companion diagnostic to identify women with advanced ovarian cancer who are candidates for Zejula (niraparib) in the late-line treatment setting. The FDA also approved the expanded use of Zejula (GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer patients who have been treated with three or more prior chemotherapy regimens and whose cancer is associated with homologous recombination deficiency.

CytoSure constitutional NGS panel

January 2020—Oxford Gene Technology has developed the CytoSure NGS panel for the detection of loss of heterozygosity, mosaicism, copy number variants, single nucleotide variants, and indels. The solution features up-to-date content for intellectual disability and developmental delay, the targeted NGS panel, and Interpret software.

Veracyte, NanoString agreement

January 2020—Veracyte and NanoString have entered into an agreement in which Veracyte has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize diagnostic tests on NanoString’s nCounter Flex system.

Microbiologics adds rifampicin-resistant MTB controls

January 2020—Microbiologics has launched rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive and negative control panels for quality control of MTB-RIF molecular assays and test methods. Features of the controls include separate positive and negative control products, positive control representing five common mutations to the rpoB gene associated with rifampicin resistance (L511P, H526Y, S531L, D516V, S522L), room-temperature storage, and inactivated microorganism pellets for in vitro diagnostic use.

Beckman Coulter acquires Cytobank

January 2020—Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced its acquisition of Cytobank, a privately held, single-cell data analysis, software-as-a-service company based in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Ion Torrent Genexus launched at AMP meeting
January 2020—Thermo Fisher Scientific launched at the Association for Molecular Pathology meeting in November its Ion Torrent Genexus System. It is a fully integrated, next-generation sequencing platform that features an automated specimen-to-report workflow, with results provided in a single day. The company also introduced its Oncomine Precision Assay, a pan-cancer panel for the Genexus platform, for comprehensive genomic profiling from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue and liquid biopsy samples with a single assay. The Genexus System minimizes user intervention and the potential for human error. Thermo Fisher says the system requires minimal amounts of tissue sample and can run small batches cost-effectively to deliver a comprehensive report in one day. Together, the company said in a statement, “these features set the stage for molecular pathologists in the future to analyze NGS information in parallel with first-line testing modalities such as immunohistochemistry.”

Newsbytes

January 2020—Pathologist Ron B. Schifman, MD, practices what he preaches and preaches about what others practice relative to implementing such computer-based test-utilization management techniques as soft stops, hard stops, and those that fall in between. In a 2019 American Association of Clinical Chemistry presentation on strategies and tactics for test-utilization management, and in an interview with CAP TODAY, Dr. Schifman offered insights into a variety of information technology-based interventions.

Clinical pathology selected abstracts

Use of thromboelastography to guide blood product transfusion
January 2020—Thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry provide insights into blood clot development, stabilization, and dissolution. The coagulation tests provide a tracing through the clotting process, but although they are similar, they are not interchangeable.

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