Wednesday, September 23, 2026. 12 PM-1 PM ET
Roundtable presenters Dr. David Sacks MB, ChB, FRCPath, Chairman, Steering Committee National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP), and Priya Sivaraman, PhD, Senior Technical Product Manager, Tosoh Bioscience.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Thursday, September 24, 2026 11 AM-12 PM CT
This session explores the evolving role of RAS in precision oncology, from the biology of RAS mutations to the expanding landscape of targeted therapies. Through expert presentations, real-world case discussions, and interactive audience polling, participants will examine best practices for RAS biomarker testing across solid tumors, including lung, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers. The session will highlight practical considerations for tissue and liquid biopsy, strategies to address testing gaps, and the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure timely identification of patients who may benefit from RAS-targeted therapies.
Webinar presenters David Braxton, MD, Chief of Molecular Pathology Services, Hoag Family Cancer Institute & Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, and Carlos Becerra, MD, Research Director for Medical Oncology, Margaret Given Larkin Endowed Chair for Developmental Cancer Therapeutics, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, September 30, 2026. 1 PM-1:30 PM ET
Roundtable presenters John Longshore, PhD, Head of Scientific Affairs, Global Oncology Diagnostics, AstraZeneca, and Flora Berisha, MS, Executive Director, Global Head of Diagnostic Partnering and Development, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, and Mark D. Ewalt, MD, Associate Medical Director for Laboratory Operations, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS, Thoracic Medical Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 11 AM-12 PM ET
Hear experts review the biological and clinical significance of the HER2 expression continuum in breast tissue, providing a clearer understanding of how these variations might impact diagnosis, and discuss the emerging importance of documenting HER2-low and HER2-ultralow categories using a validated IHC assay.
Webinar presenters Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Global Medical Affairs Leader–Pathology,
Roche Diagnostics Solutions, and Hannah Y. Wen, MD, PhD, Director, Breast Pathology Fellowship, Associate Team Leader, Breast Pathology Team, Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
June 2013—When David Scamurra, MD, needed a better, more cost-effective platform for C. difficile testing, he did the only thing he could do: He asked hospital administration to purchase it. And he waited. And waited. “And two years later, they bought the equipment,” he says.
June 2013—It might be a legacy of the economic downturn. Perhaps it is the prospect of increased capitation under health care reform. Or it could be the stunning price tags of some new tests on the clinical laboratory test menu. Whatever the cause, health systems across the country are increasingly moving beyond education and retrospective review to more specific, targeted, prospective controls on test utilization.
June 2013—While pathologists in the U.S. wait—and wait—for the Food and Drug Administration to move toward approving whole slide imaging for primary diagnosis in U.S. laboratories, their neighbors to the north are already celebrating.
June 2013—Clinical IT help desks bring service to new level; PathCentral introduces plug-and-play AP system; ONC guideline addresses transition of care under meaningful use criteria; Laboratory systems certified as electronic health record modules
June 2013—Say an individual is stuck with an HIV-contaminated needle or occult infected with HIV by bodily fluid transmission and is started on preventive antiretroviral treatment to prevent permanent infection. (Treatment protocol is one-month intensive treatment.) Is there any known laboratory procedure by which a specimen could be isolated to determine by culture if the patient was indeed infected (assuming the patient is seronegative six months plus after treatment was initiated)?
June 2013—Prolonged cold ischemia time and ER immunohistochemistry in breast cancer: To aid detection of estrogen receptor expression in breast tumors, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and College of American Pathologists recommend that cold ischemia time be kept under one hour. However, data to address the upper threshold of cold ischemia time are limited.
June 2013—Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that may be asymptomatic or result in fatal sepsis. Ehrlichiosis transmitted from transfusion of blood products has not been documented. A case report of a 9-year-old Georgia boy with a history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the first report of Ehrlichia ewingii infection transmitted by a platelet transfusion. The authors first describe the patient as presenting to the hospital with complaints of fever, fatigue, malaise, vomiting, diarrhea, and petechial rash.
May 2013—Eric Topol, MD, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, chief academic officer for Scripps Health, and editor-in-chief of Medscape, will present at the CAP ’13 Spotlight Reception in October. We (CAP CEO Charles Roussel; Nazneen Aziz, PhD, director of molecular medicine and staff lead for the CAP Next Generation Sequencing Working Group; and I) invited Dr. Topol to speak after we met with him to talk about our interest in genomic medicine and the steps we have taken—through the Transformation Program Office, CAP Learning, and the Laboratory Accreditation Program—to spearhead efforts to fully integrate cutting-edge genomics into pathology practice.
May 2013—Anal-rectal cytology has been used to evaluate HPV-related lesions of the anal canal, particularly in high-risk populations. Because anal cancer is uncommon in the general population, there is no utility in surveillance cytologic assessment on a population-wide scale (as with the Pap test for cervical disease). However, in certain populations, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV-positive men and women, the risk for anal cancer is higher and approaches the risk of cervical cancer reported in unscreened populations of women. Thus, given that anal cancer shares an HPV-related etiology with cervical cancer and involves a similar squamous mucosal site, anal cytology has been recommended as a method of screening for the prevention of anal cancer through the detection of precancerous lesions (anal intraepithelial neoplasia, AIN). Although the Bethesda terminology, criteria, and guidelines for anal cytology specimens parallel those for cervical cytology, degenerative cellular changes, extensive keratinization, and contaminating fecal material frequently make it more difficult to evaluate these specimens than to evaluate cervical specimens. Because there are limited data on the interobserver agreement of anal cytology (as compared with cervical cytology), Teresa M. Darragh, MD, et al., investigate interrater agreement of anal cytology as well as the relationship between biomarkers and anal cytologic interpretations (Cancer Cytopathol. 2013;121[2]:72–78).
May 2013—Accreditation inspections are inevitably stressful events. Having a colleague you’ve never met walk through your lab with a checklist looking for how you’ve slipped up reminds me a bit of my mother’s first visit to my apartment when I was a newlywed. I had cleaned everything, including every nook and cranny that weren’t part of my usual routine. I even bought a new shower curtain to ensure no possible hint of mildew. I thought the place looked terrific and that my high level of preparation would surely be sufficient to meet my mom’s white glove standards. Little did I expect that she would peer down the shade of my living room lamp shortly after arriving and remark that I really should dust my light bulbs.
It is hard to ever be fully prepared for a June Cleaver mom or to read the mind of a CAP inspector. Fortunately, deficiencies in cytopathology are relatively infrequent and don’t involve eliminating dust on light bulbs. Nonetheless, being aware of the top three checklist items that are most often cited as phase one and two deficiencies can be helpful in your inspection preparation and will assist you in avoiding pitfalls.
