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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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CorePath, Cizzle Biotech to develop early-stage lung cancer test

August 2022—CorePath Laboratories announced a partnership with U.K.-based diagnostics developer Cizzle Biotech to develop and offer a proprietary early-stage lung cancer test throughout the United States. Cizzle Biotech’s proof-of-concept prototype test is based on the ability to detect a stable plasma biomarker, a variant of CIZ1 known as CIZ1B. CIZ1 is a naturally occurring cell nuclear protein involved in DNA replication, Cizzle Biotech says, and the targeted CIZ1B variant is highly correlated with early-stage lung cancer.

Bio-Rad launches two negative run controls

August 2022—Bio-Rad Laboratories launched two new Exact Diagnostics products. The Exact Diagnostics Synthetic Negative Run Control is screened negative for nine targets, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Bartonella quintana, Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, enterovirus coxsackievirus A9, HSV-1 and HSV-2, and varicella zoster virus. The Exact Diagnostics HAI Negative Run Control is screened negative for Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.

Roche launches BenchMark Ultra Plus, Ventana DP 600

August 2022—Roche has launched its BenchMark Ultra Plus tissue staining platform. The system was built on the technology of the BenchMark Ultra and uses improved Ventana system software, which aims to enhance quality control and inventory management.

Reference materials for urine chemistry, bilirubin assays

August 2022—Verichem Laboratories now offers a range of liquid-stable and ready-to-use biosynthetic clinical reference materials for use with urine chemistry assays and designed for system calibration and calibration verification testing on a variety of clinical testing platforms, including from Abbott, Beckman Coulter, Roche, and Siemens Healthineers.

CE-IVD-marked TaqPath respiratory viral panel

August 2022—Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched its Applied Biosystems TaqPath Respiratory Viral Select panel. The CE-IVD-marked molecular assay panel provides results in approximately three hours and tests for adenovirus, human metapneumovirus, rhinovirus/enterovirus, and parainfluenza virus using PCR technology. RNase P and positive controls are included to offer sample-to-result reliability. The solution is scalable, allowing laboratories to run from one to 94 samples simultaneously.

Bruker launches NMR-based long COVID test

August 2022—Bruker Corp. has launched PhenoRisk PACS RuO, a research use only nuclear magnetic resonance test for molecular phenomics research on blood samples of patients with post-acute COVID syndrome (PACS), or long COVID. The test uses a multiplexed combination of biomarkers and is for research on early-stage risk factors on longitudinal recovery monitoring and on potential secondary organ damage in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, kidney dysfunction, and inflammation. It runs on the Avance IVDr NMR spectroscopy system, which produces results in 20 minutes.

CSF false-bottom tube

August 2022—Sarstedt announced the availability of a false-bottom tube for cerebrospinal fluid with an elevated conical base. The tube was developed and validated for Roche, specifically for use with Roche’s new generation of Elecsys immunoassays designed to detect Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers on Cobas e analyzers. The tubes are manufactured from medical-grade polypropylene and have HDPE screw caps that are leak resistant at 95 kilopascals.

CFX Duet Real-Time PCR system

August 2022—Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched the CFX Duet Real-Time PCR system to support researchers in developing singleplex and duplex quantitative PCR assays. The CFX Duet system offers the robust thermal performance and proprietary, accurate optical shuttle system of the company’s CFX Opus system. It is a two-color system that is factory calibrated for common dyes and allows the quantification of up to two targets in genotyping and multiple gene expression analyses without the need for passive reference dyes. An additional fluorescence resonance energy transfer mode supports protein melt analysis for basic protein characterization.

From the President’s Desk

August 2022—The CAP has been advocating for an increase in residency slots that would help give more young physicians the opportunity to embrace careers in pathology. We support the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, bipartisan legislation that is working its way through both chambers of Congress. It would add 14,000 Medicare-supported residency slots over the course of seven years and help ensure an open pipeline for pathologists. Between pandemic burnout and the retirement cliff resulting from an aging population of physicians, we are facing a shortage of all physicians, pathologists included. The CAP projects that the number of pathologists will shrink in the coming years. Unfortunately, when there are not enough pathologists to lead clinical laboratory teams, it creates a gap that has to be filled somehow. Many of us have already seen health care gaps being filled by people with less extensive and intensive training.

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