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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

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Bio-Rad RP positive run control for SARS-CoV-2

December 2021—Bio-Rad announced its Exact Diagnostics RP Positive Run Control for syndromic respiratory panels is now available with inactivated whole virus for SARS-CoV-2. The unassayed external quality control contains 23 respiratory analytes in one vial and is intended to monitor the performance of clinical respiratory assays. The control is a combination of whole, intact virus and bacteria that have been heated or chemically inactivated and synthetic RNA transcripts.

LumiraDx COVID-19 antigen test gets expanded EUA

December 2021—LumiraDx announced that the FDA’s emergency use authorization for its SARS-CoV-2 antigen test has been expanded to include screening of asymptomatic individuals. This claim builds on its existing claim that covers use of the test in individuals suspected of having COVID-19 by their health care provider within 12 days of symptom onset. The test received EUA in August 2020.

Olympus announces first results of AI-based Dx tool for gastric cancer

December 2021—The results of Olympus’ ongoing joint research program to create an AI-based pathology diagnostic tool were announced at the Japan Society of Digital Pathology Study annual meeting. The AI tool was able to achieve 100 percent sensitivity and 50 percent or higher specificity for all gastric biopsy pathology specimens analyzed from the six facilities participating in the study.

Clinical pathology selected abstracts

December 2021—Alzheimer disease is characterized by extracellular amyloid-β deposits, tau tangles, neuronal death, and extensive neuroinflammatory changes. Genetic studies have revealed the importance of gene variants that increase the risk for developing the disease.

Anatomic pathology selected abstracts

December 2021—It is unclear whether HER2+ tumors expressing estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor—that is, triple-positive breast carcinomas—show unique morphologic and clinical features and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Molecular pathology selected abstracts

December 2021—Advances in sequencing technologies, such as next-generation sequencing, have yielded many insights into the genomic landscape and clinical import of molecular findings in myelodysplastic syndromes and other myeloid neoplasms with myelodysplasia (MN).

Newsbytes

December 2021—Like death and taxes, cyberattacks targeting health care organizations are a certainty, but taking proactive breach mitigation measures and developing a thorough response plan can lessen, or even prevent, a devastating blow.

Q&A column

December 2021
Q. We use the CAP Competency Assessment Program to create quizzes to satisfy the problem-solving element of the CAP’s competency assessment requirements. Is there a requirement to create a new quiz each year or can the same quiz be given every year? Is it OK to use the same quiz for the initial competency and the annual competency? Read answer.
Q. Are there red blood cell parameters, such as RBC count or mean corpuscular volume, that can affect a platelet estimate? When determining a platelet estimate, should we always look at the same area of the slide regardless of the patient’s RBC, hematocrit and hemoglobin levels, and indices results? Read answer.

Put It on the Board

December 2021—In the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics, the existing expertise of clinical laboratories should be taken advantage of and labs should be enabled to validate and offer robust clinical assays, say the authors of “The Role of Clinical Laboratories in Emerging Pathogens—Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” published Oct. 29 in JAMA Health Forum (2021;2[10]:​e213154).

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