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
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Roche.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Agilent.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Diaceutics.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
February 2019—Roche announced that the FDA has approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated influenza in people 12 years of age and older. Xofluza is a single-dose oral medicine with a novel proposed mechanism of action that inhibits polymerase acidic endonuclease.
February 2019—Leica Biosystems launched a programmed death-ligand 1 antibody. The PD-L1 1 (73-10) monoclonal antibody is intended to be used for the qualitative identification by light microscopy of endogenous PD-L1 protein in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by immunohistochemical staining using the company’s fully automated Bond system.
February 2019—National Jewish Health Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories has launched a line probe assay to detect nontuberculous mycobacteria infections and identify NTM species and drug-resistance markers at a molecular level within 48 hours after obtaining a sample from culture.
February 2019—Thermo Fisher Scientific received FDA clearance for its de novo submission of its QMS Plazomicin Immunoassay. This quantitative immunoassay measures the concentration of a novel therapeutic antibiotic, plazomicin, using the Beckman Coulter AU 680 automated clinical chemistry analyzer. Plazomicin (Zemdri, Achaogen) is a next-generation aminoglycoside being used to treat patients with complicated urinary tract infections.
February 2019—The Food and Drug Administration approved gilteritinib (Xospata, Astellas Pharma) for treatment of adult patients who have relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with an FLT3 mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test.
February 2019—Quest Diagnostics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the clinical laboratory services business of Boyce and Bynum Pathology Laboratories; BBPL’s anatomic pathology division, long-term care division, and Boyce and Bynum Pathology Professional Services are not part of the transaction.
February 2019—CellMax Life announced the kickoff of its Zenith study, a U.S. clinical study for the company’s circulating tumor cell blood test.
February 2019—The FDA granted accelerated approval to larotrectinib (Vitrakvi, Loxo Oncology) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase gene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation, are metastatic, or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity and have no satisfactory alternative treatments or that have progressed following treatment.
February 2019—The FDA granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who have been previously treated with sorafenib.
February 2019—ChromaCode announced the commercial launch of its first multiplex test using the company’s proprietary high-definition polymerase chain reaction technology.
