Dead line: 8th December 2023 (at 00:00 CET time)
With the Patronage of:
Selected Highlights from “The IX Molecular Cytopathology Meeting”
It’s a great honour and pleasure to meet you in Naples for the XII Edition of the Molecular Cytopathology Congress on the 11th and the 12th of December!
Our International Congress, focusing on the modern molecular cytopathology, will bring together experts from around the world to provide an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
In this rapidly evolving era of molecular cytopathology, modern cytopathologists and molecular biologists play together a key role in bridging the gap between conventional microscopy and novel molecular technologies.
The XII Edition of Molecular Cytopathology Congress will provide a perspective on the evolution of
molecular pathology in the field of cytopathology with updates on cytological and molecular issues.
THE MEETING DIRECTOR:
Prof. Giancarlo Troncone
PROGRAM
Program according to CET (Central European Time)
Pacific Time (PT): Los Angeles -9 hrs
Central Time (CT): Chicago -7 hrs
Eastern Time (ET): New York -6 hrs
11th DECEMBER 2023
WELCOME
9:00 Welcome Message
Alex Ryska, President of the European Society of Pathology and Cytopathology (ESP)
Filippo Fraggetta, President of the Italian Society of Pathology and Cytopathology (SIAPEC)
Giancarlo Troncone, Head of the Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Maria Triassi, President of Federico II School of Medicine
9:30 Introduction to the meeting
Giancarlo Troncone, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Maria D. Lozano
SESSION I
Lung cancer
Chairs: G. Fontanini, P. Vielh
10:00 WHO reporting system for lung cytopathology
Sule Canberk
10:20 Biomarker Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Past, The Present, and the Future
Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri
10:40 PD-L1 Evaluation in Cytology: Evaluating a Semi-automated Method to Classify NSCLC Patients for Immunotherapy
Maria D. Lozano
11:0 Immunotherapy and lung cancer: a biomarker update
Elena Vigliar
11:20 Questions & Answers
11:30 Coffee break
11:50 Magistral Lecture
The future pathology – what is on the horizon?
Ales Ryska
Session II
Liquid biopsy
Chairs: S. Roy-Chowdhuri, N. Fusco
12:20 Liquid Biopsy: biomarker evaluation in metastatic NSCLC
EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, ALK, ROS1, RET, MET, HER2 and NTRK
Umberto Malapelle
12:40 Liquid biopsy in body fluids
Miguel A Molina-Vila
13:00 Liquid biopsy beyond ctDNA
María Jose Serrano
13:20 Questions & Answers
13:30 Lunch
SESSION III
Cytopathology of Body Fluids
Chairs: D. Vrdoljak-Mozetič, C. Bellevicine
14:30 Predictive testing on body fluid specimens
Lukas Bubendorf
14:50 The Paris system for Reporting Urinary Cytology: What we have learned and what lies in the future.
Momin Siddiqui
15:10 Urinary Cytology: an Italian experience
Giacomo Gazzano
15:30 The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology
Ashish Chandra
15:50 Questions & Answers
16:00 Magistral Lecture
Changing paradigms in Pathology
Jason Hornick
16:30 – 17:00 Closing remarks
Giancarlo Troncone, S. Roy Chowdhuri, MD Lozano
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Session IV
Thyroid: Italian perspectives
Chairs: A. Crescenzi, G. Fadda
9:30 The Italian Consensus for reporting thyroid cytopathology.
Fulvio Basolo
9:50 Thyroid FNAs in italian practice: do Italians do it better?
Claudio Bellevicine
10:10 TBSRTC, SIAPEC et al: can we cross the bridge of classifications?
Esther Diana Rossi
10:30 Beyond cytopathology: the endocrinologist’s POV on predictive tests in thyroid carcinoma.
Domenico Salvatore
10:50 Questions & Answers
11:20 Coffee break
Session V
Thyroid : Perspectives on the III edition of The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC)
Chairs: G. Pennelli, G.Tallini
11:40 The journey toward the Third Edition of TBSRTC: What Has Changed
Paul Vanderlaan
12:00 Molecular testing in Thyroid Cytopathology: How Molecular Fits into the Bethesda System
Michiya Nishino
12:10 WHO 5th Edition and Bethesda System: the issue of follicular-patterned nodules
Giovanni Tallini
12:30 European Thyroid Association clinical practice guidelines for thyroid nodule management.
Fernando Schmith
12:50 Questions & Answers
13:10 Lunch
Session VI
The future: Digital Cytopathology
Chairs: F.Fraggetta, L. Pantanowitz
14:20 New Paradigms in Digital Cytopathology
Liron Pantanowitz
14:40 Delphi Expert Consensus for Whole Slide Imaging in Thyroid Cytopathology
Albino Eccher
15:00 AI in cytopathology
Alessandro Caputo
15:20 Preanalytical issues in digital cytopathology
Francesco Merolla
15:40 Questions & Answers
Sessione VII
Digital slide seminars: how molecular (ancillary) tests have helped me in a challenging cytopathology case.
Chairs: G. Troncone, S. Roy Chowdhuri
16:00 Junior fellows presenting unknow cases involving the audience.
- Pasquale Pisapia (Italy)
- Mariantonia Nacchio (Italy)
- Gennaro Acanfora (Italy)
- Anna Maria Carillo (Italy)
- Allan Aguerta (Spain)
17:15 Questions & Answers
17:30-18:00 Closing remarks
Giancarlo Troncone, S. Roy Chowdhuri, MD Lozano
17:30 – 18:00 Closing remarks
Giancarlo Troncone, S. Roy Chowdhuri, MD Lozano
GENERAL INFO
Meeting “in presence”:
Venue: Congress Centre “Federico II” Via Partenope, 36 – Naples, ITALY
Meeting “on-line”:
Virtual meeting on Zoom platform.
It is strongly recommended to download and install zoom in advance. The installer is available at https://zoom.us/download.
Registered participants to attend the virtual meeting will receive an e-mail containing Zoom link and password.
Official language:
English – NO simultaneous translation
Recording:
The full meeting will be recorded and made available for later viewing for six months after the end of the meeting, only to attendees.
ECM credits:
The event will grant 14 ECM credits only for those attending “in presence”.
Registration:
Meeting fee: IN PRESENCE* € 120,00 (VAT included)
Meeting fee: ON-LINE** € 60,00 (VAT included)
Meeting fee reduced for residents (ON-LINE only): **
(proof of residency required) € 30,00 (VAT included)
* Registration fee includes: access to the scientific sessions, conference bag, buffet lunches and refreshments (where envisaged), certificate of attendance, ECM certificate (Italian participants – in case of credits achievement).
**Registration fee includes: meeting on line, certificate of attendance. No ECM credits for the on-line meeting.
Your registration will be confirmed on receipt of the full payment.
Payment should be made on line by credit card (VISA, Mastercard/Eurocard, American Express) or bank transfer.
Dead line: 2nd December 2022 (at 00:00 CET time)
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations should be received in writing to the Organizing Secretariat.
Cancellations received before 30th October 2022 (at 00:00 CET time) – full refund less 10% to cover administration costs.
No refund for cancellation received after 30th October 2022 (at 00:00 CET time) or no show.
Refunds, net of any bank charges, will be processed after the end of the Meeting.
In the unlikely case that the Congress cannot be held in whole or in part due to any event beyond the Organisers’ control or force majeure (such as riot, fire, explosion, accident, flood, earthquake, sabotage, strikes, acts of law or regulation by Italian or foreign Authorities, epidemic outbreak, sanitary emergency, etc) the Congress Organisers cannot be held liable for any damage, cost, or loss incurred, such as registration fee, transportation and accommodation costs, or any other direct or indirect loss or consequential damage.
Dead line: 2nd December 2022 (at 00:00 CET time)
FACULTY
Syed Z. Ali
MD, FRCPath, FIAC
Baltimore, MD – USA
Professor of Pathology and Radiology
Director of Cytopathology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital -Baltimore, MD
Massimo C.P. Barberis
MD
Milano, Italy
Director
Clinical Unit of Histopathology and Molecular Diagnostics
European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano
Claudio Bellevicine
MD, PhD
Naples – Italy
Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology,
Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Paul Hofman
MD, PhD
Nice – France
Professor of Pathology, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
Côte d’Azur University, Nice
Maria D. Lozano
MD, PhD, MIAC
Pamplona – Spain
Professor of Pathology, Director Department Of Pathology
Clinica University of Navarra
Umberto Malapelle
PhD
Naples – Italy
Chief Supervisor of Predictive Molecular Pathology Lab, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Esther D. Rossi
MD, PhD
Rome, Italy
Aggregate professor of Anatomic Pathology
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli. IRCCS
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
MD, PhD
Houston ,Texas – USA
Associate Professor Department of Pathology, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Spasenija Savic Prince
MD – Pathology (FMH) Cytopathology
Basel – Switzerland
Senior pathologist, Institute for Medical Genetics and Pathology University Hospital Basel
Fernando C. Schmitt
MD, PhD, FIAC
Porto – Portugal
Professor of Pathology at Medical Faculty of Porto University
Coordinator of RISE – Health Research Network
Head Molecular Pathology Unit, IPATIMUP
Member of Standing Committee WHO Cytopathology Reporting Systems
General Secretary of the International Academy of Pathology
Giancarlo Troncone
MD, PhD
Naples – Italy
Full Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Philippe Vielh
MD, PhD, FIAC
Paris – France
Medipath and American Hospital of Paris
ELENA VIGLIAR
MD, PhD
Naples – Italy
Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Ritu Nayar
Dead line: 4th December 2022 (at 00:00 CET time)
