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
Thursday, October 1, 2026 1 PM-2 PM ET
This presentation will explore the value of in-house CGP, offer insights into the benefits and drawbacks of incorporation, and provide information about important practical factors when considering in-house implementation of CGP.
Webinar presenter Allison M. Cushman-Vokoun, MD, PhD, FCAP, Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Laboratory, Director, Division of Diagnostic Molecular Pathology and Human Genetics, Henry F. Krous Professor of Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical 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
April 2019—The tight supply of technologists to fill open positions is pushing laboratories to be creative in finding answers. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and TriCore Reference Laboratories found their answers by looking not just outward but also—and largely—inward.
April 2019—With the release in January of a new guideline for quantitative image analysis of HER2 immunohistochemistry for breast cancer, the CAP believes it is filling a gap and blazing a trail for the profession. In setting evidence-based standards, the guideline provides background and details about the quantitative image analysis (QIA) process and the data and metadata it generates. The guideline will help facilitate pathology’s increasing use of not only digital pathology but also artificial intelligence, says Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, chair of the CAP expert panel for QIA of HER2 IHC. “This is not just another guideline. It is a milestone for pathologists.”
April 2019—Harold E. Bowman, MD, a member of the CAP Board of Governors from 1979 to 1985, died on Feb. 1 at age 93. Dr. Bowman retired in 1994 as director of laboratories at St. Lawrence Hospital, now Sparrow Hospital, in Lansing, Mich., and as associate chair, Department of Pathology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
April 2019—Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in which promyelocytes predominate. APL accounts for about 10 percent of AML cases, and although APL can be diagnosed at any age, it is most common among young adults with a slight male predominance. APL is defined by the balanced reciprocal translocation (15;17)(q22;q21) between PML and RARA, although variant translocations involving RARA and other partner genes can occur.
April 2019—Diagnoses of essential thrombocythemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia were among those covered in four cases in a CAP18 session on practical challenges in peripheral blood evaluation.
March 2019—The standard riff for talking about a promising new cancer test should be familiar to anyone within sneezing distance of a laboratory: There’s no one-size-fits-all assay. But if any test were to come close, it would be liquid biopsy. Are clinicians eager to use it? Check. Is it relatively simple to do (check) with fairly quick turnaround times (check)? Does it work for solid and hematological tumors? Check and check. Across multiple specimen types—serum, urine, vitreous fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, stool? Quite likely. Can it be used to characterize patients’ molecular profiles, monitor therapy, assess tumor evolution, identify resistance mechanisms, and detect early disease and minimal/measurable residual disease? Half a dozen checks. Even if liquid biopsy does fall short of a one-size-fits-all assay, it’s doing a reasonable impression of a Swiss Army knife (if not Sergeant Troy’s sword fantastic, for those of you who are Thomas Hardy fans).
March 2019—An interesting medical informatics moment occurred post-9/11 with the delivery of anthrax-poisoned letters to several congressional and news media offices. “There was not a single anthrax test order communicated to the CDC electronically,” says Steven H. Hinrichs, MD.
March 2019—Unlike high-count monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, low-count MBL has a limited chance of progression to CLL and thus there is no need for follow-up. And a definitive diagnosis of T-cell large granulocytic leukemia requires demonstration of clonality.
March 2019—A hypercritical value notification policy at Northwell Health in New York State authorizes the laboratory alone to activate a hospital’s rapid response team when necessary. This is the newest step in a critical value notification process that had been working well—but not quite well enough.
March 2019—The family of Mycobacteriaceae includes the genus Mycobacterium, which includes more than 190 species. These organisms have an unusual cell wall. Those of us who work in mycobacteria laboratories know that the cell wall has a high lipid content that makes these organisms acid fast. Thus they’re acid-fast bacteria.
