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 Center, and Colin Murphy, CEO of mTuitive.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET
In this webinar, we will examine how immune recognition after allogeneic HCT can influence leukemia relapse and disease progression. The session will highlight the clinical relevance of HLA loss of heterozygosity (LOH), approaches used for its detection, and how LOH findings may support transplant strategies, including considerations for donor selection in subsequent transplantation.
Webinar presenter Alberto Cardoso Martins Lima, PhD, Clinical consulting scientist in histocompatibility,
specializing in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) at IGEN/AFIP São Paulo and CHC/UFPR in Curitiba, Brazil
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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 presenter Michelle Shiller, DO, AP, CP, MGP, FACP, Baylor University Medical Center.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
May 2023—Quest Diagnostics and Haystack Oncology, an early-stage oncology company focused on minimal residual disease testing, announced on April 27 a definitive agreement for Quest to acquire Haystack in an all-cash equity transaction.
May 2023—Sysmex Inostics and Genomic Testing Cooperative formed a strategic partnership for Sysmex Inostics to commercialize GTC’s tissue and liquid biopsy solid tumors and hematology assay services, including Solid Tumor Profile Plus, Liquid Trace Solid Tumor Profile, Liquid Trace Hematology Profile, and Hematology Profile Plus assay services, to biopharma customers. The partnership brings together GTC’s proprietary genomic databases, technology in artificial intelligence, and DNA and RNA next-generation sequencing profiling with Sysmex Inostics’ worldwide commercial capabilities in biopharma therapeutic development and its Plasma-Safe-SeqS technology.
May 2023—Illumina announced the release of Connected Insights, a cloud-based software for tertiary analysis of clinical next-generation sequencing data. The software enables labs to connect to a network of more than 45 third-party knowledge sources that provide digital directories for precision oncology, illustrating connections between cancer variants and therapies, citing evidence, and aiding analysis of complex cancer genomic profiles. It can also link users to regional guidelines, clinical trial databases, drug labels, and a private collection of data from previous cases within a customer’s laboratory. As the use of clinical NGS testing grows, Illumina says it will expand the software’s capabilities across other disease areas.
May 2023—QuidelOrtho Corp. has been granted a de novo request from the FDA for its new Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA, a lateral flow immunofluorescent assay that is used with the Sofia 2 fluorescent immunoassay analyzer. It is intended for the qualitative detection of the nucleocapsid protein antigen of SARS-CoV-2 in direct anterior nasal swab specimens from people with signs and symptoms of upper respiratory infection when serial testing is started within six days of symptom onset. The Sofia 2 analyzer provides a result in 10 minutes.
May 2023—Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched Cardiac Advance, a four-level multianalyte cardiac quality control for high-sensitivity troponin testing.
May 2023—Sakura Finetek has launched its Tissue‑Tek Block Filing Cabinet 2400, which has six drawers and a capacity of 2,400 paraffin-embedded tissue blocks.
May 2023—Maine Molecular Quality Controls has released SpotFire RSP positive and RSP negative controls. The quality controls are for use in monitoring the performance of in vitro laboratory nucleic acid testing for the qualitative detection of Bordetella parapertussis, Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, adenovirus, seasonal coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, human metapneumovirus, human rhinovirus/enterovirus, influenza A subtypes H1-2009 and H3, influenza B, parainfluenza virus, and RSV.
May 2023—The spring of 2003 was not an easy time for me. I was taking care of my kids, a four-year-old and an infant, while going through a divorce. I had just started a new job and felt all the stress associated with that. The upheaval in my life sometimes felt overwhelming.
May 2023—Several studies have evaluated the brain protective role of the Mediterranean-DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet. The studies have shown that the MIND diet can slow cognitive decline, reduce rates of cognitive impairment, and reduce Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Because obesity is a global epidemic, there is an interest in determining if the MIND diet may also have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular disease mortality, central or general obesity, metabolic syndrome and its components, and cardiac remodeling. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the relationship between the MIND diet and other metabolic risk factors, including lipids, glycemic indicators, and mental health, in obese people. The study included 339 obese people (body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more) who were between 20 and 50 years old and lived in Tabria or Tehran, Iran.
May 2023—Although criteria for malignancy have been established for glomus tumors of soft tissue, no accepted criteria exist for gastroesophageal glomus tumors, which are considered to behave unpredictably. Benign and aggressive gastroesophageal glomus tumors have been shown to harbor CARMN::NOTCH2 fusions, but genetic features that predict clinical behavior have not been identified. The authors conducted a study in which they evaluated 26 gastroesophageal glomus tumors to investigate histologic and genetic features that may predict malignancy. Seventeen of the 26 (65 percent) patients were male. The median age at presentation was 54.5 years (range, 16–81 years).
