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
December 2023—Digital pathology and AI—the push, the potential, the changing questions, the reimbursement, and the caution. All that and more came up when CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle on Oct. 17 led a conversation online with pathologists and industry representatives.
November 2023—It was a mystery, wrapped less in an enigma than a few layers of bafflement, surprise, and mild irritation. Call it the Case of the Split Lung Specimens. The first hint something was amiss came when Alain Borczuk, MD, vice chair of anatomic pathology and co-director of thoracic pathology, Northwell Health, noticed that he and his colleagues were receiving more insufficient bronchoscopy specimens than usual. “When I say ‘increasing’—we don’t get that many bronchoscopies. It’s not like colon polyps,” says Dr. Borczuk, who is also director of oncologic pathology, Northwell Health Cancer Institute. Normally they would get a handful a week, some of them straightforward cancer cases, although these additional cases were tied to noncancerous conditions. And then the plot thickened even further, with missing pieces—literally. Though no guideline clearly states what constitutes an adequate specimen, Dr. Borczuk says, the samples he and his colleagues were seeing fell markedly short.
November 2023—Spatial biology may be an emerging field, but Kenneth Bloom, MD, says he and other pathologists have been doing it “since we got the microscope.” And he argues it’s going to become “the new, most important lens we look through.” The reason is the emergence of new cancer treatments like immunotherapy and, most importantly, antibody drug conjugates like Enhertu, says Dr. Bloom, head of pathology for Nucleai, a company specializing in AI-powered spatial biology.
October 2023—In living up to its promise as a new technology that will revolutionize clinical care through greater ease, speed, and accuracy of diagnosis, digital pathology has been sluggish. While many analysts, starting at least two decades ago, forecasted that digital pathology would elbow aside glass slides for good, that milestone is still far out of reach. As health economist and chief executive officer of the New York City-based digital pathology company Paige, Andy Moye, PhD, puts it bluntly: “In probably 90 to 95 percent of the cases in the U.S., a pathologist still makes the diagnosis of cancer the way they did it back in 1910: by looking at a glass slide under a microscope.” Mark Lloyd, PhD, vice president of pathology for Fujifilm, says he wouldn’t be surprised to hear that perhaps only five percent to 10 percent of hospitals have moved beyond using only glass slides to offer pathologists digital pathology capability. In fact, Dr. Lloyd thinks those percentages are overstated. What is the market share for the clinical use of digital pathology?
August 2023—Seemingly channeling the inspiration of Magritte and his famous pipe, pathologists are painting a new picture of what has long been an everyday object in their own world: HER2. To paraphrase the master: Ceci n’est pas facile. For years, HER2 testing in breast cancer has seemed self-evident, ever since the HER2-targeted therapy trastuzumab and its companion diagnostic arrived on the scene a quarter of a century ago. Pathologists became comfortable using immunohistochemistry to identify 3+ cases and turning to in situ hybridization techniques to sort through less obvious ones. But early last summer, a variant of the drug, trastuzumab-deruxtecan (T-DXd), shook up that routine. When researchers presented results from the Destiny-Breast04 study at the 2022 ASCO annual meeting, showing that T-DXd significantly improves survival in so-called HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, attendees responded with a minutes-long standing ovation. They then returned from the meeting like evangelicals from the revival tent.
August 2023—With patient access to pathology reports now common via online portals, the question some have asked is what can be done to make them easier for patients to understand.
August 2023—Anatomic pathology laboratories—the pressures, the promise of technology to alleviate them, and the seemingly unprecedented rates of change. CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle gathered pathologists and company representatives online on June 21 to talk about it all. From pathologist coverage to IT, from tumor boards to questions job candidates in pathology should ask, here’s what they told us.
July 2023—Though it’s been suggested that newer drugs have made cytomegalovirus less relevant in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, CMV remains an important opportunistic infection in patients with IBD. Knowing where to biopsy and how many are needed is one of the histologic challenges, said Joseph Misdraji, MD, associate professor of pathology, Yale School of Medicine, in a CAP22 session.
July 2023—Digital pathology, the pathology workforce, and the clinical demand for subspecialty expertise were some of what Compass Group lab leaders took on in their June 6 conversation, with CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle leading the way.
June 2023—Three initiatives are underway at the American Board of Pathology, one of which its CEO Gary Procop, MD, MS, describes as “a new era of transparency and collaboration.”
