XI MOLECULAR
CYTOPATHOLOGY
Congress Center “Federico II” Napoli – Italy
5th / 6th DECEMBER 2022
MEETING DIRECTOR:
Giancarlo Troncone
MEETING CO-CHAIRs:
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
Maria D. Lozano
MEETING SECRETARIAT:
Mariantonia Nacchio
MEETING ORGANIZER:
CONCERTO SRL
Dead line: 2nd December 2022 (at 00:00 CET time)
With the Patronage of:
Selected Highlights from “The IX Molecular Cytopathology Meeting”
It is with great pride and honour to invite you to the XI Edition of the Molecular Cytopathology Congress, that will be held in person in Naples on the 5th and the 6th of December
This International Congress, started as a focus on a diagnostic niche in the cytopathology field, has growth along with the introduction of an increasingly number of molecular tests for predictive and diagnostic purpose.
Moreover, the introduction of these new molecular techniques has challenged our daily routine practice that has shifted from a microscopic-only approach to a multidisciplinary one, in which the molecular biologist has become a valuable partner in the diagnostic work-up.
The XI 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
5th DECEMBER 2022
WELCOME
9:00 Welcome Message
Matteo Lorito, University of Naples Federico II, Rector
Maria Triassi, Dean of the University of Naples Federico II Medical School
Giuseppe Longo, General Manager University Hospital Federico II
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
Lucio Palombini, Emeritus Professor of Pathology, University of Naples Federico II
9:30 Introduction to the meeting
Giancarlo Troncone
SESSION I: The Future of Cytopathology
Chairs: G. Troncone, P. Vielh, MD Lozano
10:00 New Paradigms in Education and Cytopathology
Ritu Nayar
10:20 Molecular cytopathology: an overview
Fernando Schmitt
10:40 Digital Cytopathology
Albino Eccher
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 The interventional cytopathologist
Elena Vigliar
11:50 Organoids and Fine Needle Aspiration
Vivian Weiss
12:10 Liquid biopsy
Umberto Malapelle
12:30 Questions & Answers
13:00 Lunch
Session II: Emerging Biomarkers
Chairs: S. Roy Chowdhuri, F. Schmitt
14:00 Assessing protein correlates of molecular genetic alterations: “Next-generation”
Immunohistochemistry
Jason Hornick
14:20 RET testing: fusions and point mutations
Giovanni Tallini
14:40 Next generation technologies for gene fusion detection
Spasenija Savic Prince
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 BRCA testing on cytology for Ovarian Cancer
Massimo Barberis
15:50 MET: mutation, exon skipping and amplification
Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse
16:10 PM NGS for gene fusion detection in salivary glands
Rupp Niels
16:30 – 17:00 Questions & Answers
6th DECEMBER 2022
Session III: Thyroid
Chair: Domenico Salvatore, Pio Zeppa
9:00 Overview on the Revised Bethesda classification
Syed Ali
9:20 FNA pitfals of thyroid cystic lesions
Esther Diana Rossi
9:40 Molecular testing in thyroid pediatric patients: American perspectives
Vivian Weiss
10:00 Molecular testing in thyroid pediatric patients: European prespectives
Sule Canberk
10:20 Questions & Answers
10:50 Coffee break
11:20 Proteomic in Thyroid Cytopathology
Fabio Pagni
11:40 AUS/FLUS: can we do better?
Paul Vanderlaan
12:00 Laboratory-developed molecular tests for thyroid FNAs
Claudio Bellevicine
12:20 Questions & Answers
13:00 Lunch
Session VI: Lung
Chair: Spasenija Savic Prince, Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse
14:00 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: the paradigm of precision oncology
Silvia Novello
14:20 Management of Cytopathological samples: perspective from Interventional Pneumologist
Rocco Trisolini
14:40 The evolution of Molecular Pathology in NSCLC
Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri
15:00 Questions & Answers
15: 30 Coffee break
16:00 Immunotherapy and lung cytology
Maria Dolores Lozano Escario
16:20 Still a room for single gene test in NSCLC?
workflow
Caterina De Luca
16:40 How to implement Liquid Biopsy in Europe
Paul Hofman
17:00 Questions & Answers
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)
