Pressing for a POC testing model amid high STI rates
April 2026—Point-of-care (POC) testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is crucial for combating the rising STI rates, particularly among marginalized groups.
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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
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
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Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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
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
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
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New susceptibility subsection with a broad scope
April 2026—A new general susceptibility subsection in the microbiology checklist consolidates requirements for antibacterials, antifungals, and antimycobacterials, aiming for clarity and a broader focus beyond bacteriology.
Alzheimer’s blood tests poised to lead
March 2026—For a pathology that is invariably associated with dimming—of memory, of relationships, of personality—Alz-heimer’s disease has been linked to remarkably bright news as of late. Blood-based biomarkers, including two that garnered FDA approval last year, have cracked open the door to earlier diagnoses and therapeutic interventions, as well as the potential to reach more patients.
In MS diagnosis, the case for κ-FLC index
March 2026—An international panel of experts in multiple sclerosis and cerebrospinal fluid diagnostics reached a consensus in 2023, and they recommended including the determination of intrathecal kappa free light chain synthesis in the next revision of MS diagnostic criteria as an additional tool to measure intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis.
Easing, clarifying of personnel requirements: ’25 accreditation checklists
March 2026—More flexibility and less burden sum up the personnel requirement changes in the accreditation program checklists released in December last year. The revisions to the CAP checklists stem from changes that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on June 23, 2025 in response to feedback the CMS had received about what it required in the CLIA final rule implemented on Dec. 28, 2024. The announcements were in CMS memorandum QSO-25-21-CLIA (CLIA Enforcement Discretion and Clarification on Personnel Regulations) and QSO-25-10-CLIA Revised (Revisions to State Operations Manual, Appendix C–Advance Copy).
For newer sepsis diagnostics, what the studies show
March 2026—Newer sepsis diagnostics, including monocyte distribution width, Intellisep, and MeMed BV, show promise in clinical studies but have limitations.
Lab leaders on outreach growth and competition
March 2026—Laboratory leaders from various health systems discussed strategies to navigate competition and ensure growth.
Point-of-care HCV RNA testing: at what cost?
March 2026—A University of Washington study analyzed HCV testing costs across its system from 2017 to 2024, focusing on the public county hospital ED where one-third of diagnoses occur.
What the evolving microbial nomenclature means for the clinical microbiology lab
March 2026—Rapid advances in genomic sequencing are reshaping microbial classification and nomenclature, creating challenges for clinical microbiology laboratories.
Reaching for workflow efficiencies in urinalysis
March 2026—A roundtable discussion focused on improving workflow efficiency in urinalysis, highlighting the potential of AI to enhance reflex testing by integrating test results with EHR data.