Impact of AI on parasitology lab, one year in
November 2024—In the clinical parasitology laboratory at Mayo Clinic, job satisfaction is up and ergonomic strain is down. Work difficulty is down, too, as is the pressure of time.
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Thursday, October 29, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the evolving role of PD-L1 testing in HNSCC and ovarian cancer.
Webinar presenter Georgios Deftereos, MD, Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Director of Molecular Cytopathology, University of California, San Francisco
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the challenges of detecting NRG1 fusions and how RNA-based testing can support more comprehensive fusion identification in clinical practice.
Webinar presenter Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician
specializing in gastrointestinal medical oncology
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Join us for a session to help improve diagnostic accuracy in your practice when scoring HER2 IHC 0 with faint, incomplete membrane staining in ≤10% of tumor cells vs IHC 0 with no membrane staining detected in patients with mBC.
Webinar presenter Jeffrey Gregg, MD, University of Nevada
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Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:30 PM-2 PM ET
Hear experts discuss a multidisciplinary approach to oncopathology for HER2
assessments for solid tumors in the absence of a companion diagnostic.
Webinar presenters Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Medical Director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Emina E. Torlakovic, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD, FRCPC, Deputy Director, Canadian Biomarker Quality, Assurance—Programme canadien d’assurance de la qualité des biomarqueurs
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’24 checklist reflects commitment to high-quality HbA1c testing
November 2024—Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a glycated form of hemoglobin that is increased in individuals with diabetes mellitus. HbA1c concentrations generally reflect plasma glucose levels (and therefore glycemic control) over the past eight to 12 weeks.
With eGFR in EHR, stronger clinical decision support
November 2024—In health care, information overload is hardly a novel problem. But when it comes to overlooking impaired kidney function in the electronic health record, Children’s Mercy Kansas City found a novel fix—at least for a pediatric institution. The solution, says Darcy Weidemann, MD, MHS, pediatric nephrologist at Children’s Mercy Kansas City and associate professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, was to implement estimated glomerular filtration rate in the EHR.
Inside new edition of gyn cytopathology guide
November 2024—New this month from CAP Publications is the CAP Practical Guide to Gynecologic Cytopathology—Morphology, Management, and Molecular Methods, second edition. Its 15 chapters cover squamous and glandular epithelial abnormalities, anal cytology, benign changes and mimics of premalignant and malignant epithelial lesions, and much more. In this issue we provide part of the chapter on look-alikes and morphologic spectrums of change.
AMP case report: Molecular insights into the bi-clonal presence of inversion 16 and Philadelphia chromosome in relapsed post-treatment acute myeloid leukemia
November 2024—Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) stands out as the most prevalent form of leukemia, constituting 80 percent of cases in adults and 15 to 20 percent in children. It arises from the clonal proliferation of genetically aberrant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, impeding normal hematopoiesis. AML is linked to a variable number of cytogenetic abnormalities, and the identification of these abnormalities holds crucial implications, given their association with an elevated risk of inherited AML.
LIS experts on HL7, AI, home-test results, and more
Lab data displays, IT demands that outrun resources, at-home test results, and HL7 are some of what came up on Sept. 20 when CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle spoke online with pathologists and industry executives about laboratory information systems. “It’s fire and forget,” said Ulysses G. J. Balis, MD, of the University of Michigan, about the lack of feedback from the EHR that a clinician has seen and understood a complex result. “Loss to follow-up is a real possibility,” he said.
Surveying cancer protocol use far and wide
November 2024—Members of the CAP Foundation Global Pathology Committee and the CAP Cancer Committee collaborated to develop a three-part webinar series on how to use the CAP cancer protocols. The webinars were directed to international pathologists, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries.
From the President’s Desk
November 2024—There’s a shortage of physicians in the U.S.—across specialty areas and including pathology—and the reaction has been rather predictable: nonphysicians are pushing hard to fill those voids. Scope of practice is a major issue facing physicians today, and pathologists are no exception. In other specialties, we’ve seen nurse practitioners and physician assistants step up to take on more and more responsibilities that were once reserved for physicians. For certain tasks and under the supervision of a physician, this is not only appropriate but welcome. In pathology we have pathologist assistants performing valuable tasks in support of pathologists with a real impact on patient care. All of these nonphysicians are important for patient care and for easing the burden on physicians who are stretched too thin.
Clinical pathology selected abstracts
November 2024—Pathology training programs are meant to prepare trainees for the workforce by imparting medical knowledge and developing skills in diagnostic interpretation in anatomic pathology. Yet transitioning to the workforce can be challenging for some new graduates. To address this, many training programs have begun teaching management and leadership skills that are required on the job. In addition, the College of American Pathologists New in Practice Committee developed online educational material to provide practical advice for those starting their pathology careers.
Anatomic pathology selected abstracts
November 2024—Inactivating alterations in switch/sucrose nonfermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex subunits have been described in multiple tumor types. Recent studies focused on SMARC subunits of this complex to explain their relationship with tumor characteristics and therapeutic opportunities. Pancreatic cancer with these alterations has not been well studied, although isolated cases of undifferentiated carcinomas have been reported.