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
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.
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.
August 2022—Beckman Coulter and Scopio Labs announced a worldwide partnership to accelerate the adoption of Scopio’s next-generation peripheral blood smear platforms. Scopio’s technology uses full-field imaging and AI decision support to eliminate manual microscopy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 2022—Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, following lung cancer. It is necessary to balance efforts to identify prostate cancer in the early stages against complications and harms from overtreatment and overdiagnosis.
August 2022—Mucocele-like lesion of the breast is an uncommon entity. Studies show low rates of upgrade from core needle biopsy to excision. The authors conducted a study to evaluate features associated with upgrade of cases of mucocele-like lesion of the breast (MLL) diagnosed on core needle biopsy.
