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Released: 11-Aug-2021 7:00 AM EDT
CAP Foundation Announces $2M Fundraising Campaign Supporting Cancer Screening, Pathology
College of American Pathologists (CAP) Foundation

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) Foundation announced in July 2021 a new fundraising campaign with a minimum goal of $2 million that will secure life-saving cancer screening and pathology education and training programs for the next decade.

Released: 1-Jul-2021 11:05 AM EDT
CAP Releases Updates to Cancer Protocols, Essential for Cancer Reporting and Patient Care
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) released updates to the CAP Cancer Protocols, clinical guidance for reporting pathologic features in the treatment of cancer patients.

Released: 18-May-2021 3:00 PM EDT
CAP Launches Update to Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) Guideline
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The CAP, in collaboration with the ASCP and the API, has updated the guideline “Validating Whole Slide Imaging for Diagnostic Purposes in Pathology."

Released: 31-Mar-2021 3:05 PM EDT
CAP Opens PD-L1 Lung Tumor Testing Guideline for Public Comment
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), in collaboration with five other societies, developed a draft evidence-based clinical practice guideline that aims to optimize PD-L1 testing for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are being considered for immunooncology therapy.

Released: 30-Mar-2021 11:00 AM EDT
CAP Secures CMS Reapproval as Accreditation Organization
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) earned reapproval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as an accreditation organization for clinical laboratories.

Released: 14-Oct-2020 7:00 AM EDT
Dr. R. Bruce Williams Named Pathologist of the Year, 19 Others Recognized
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest organization for the doctors who diagnose and study disease, recognized several of its members for their dedication to and advancement of pathology and laboratory medicine at the organization's CAP20 Virtual annual meeting.

Released: 12-Oct-2020 7:00 AM EDT
Alain Borczuk, M.D. Named Editor of Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has appointed Alain C. Borczuk, MD, FCAP, chief of thoracic pathology and professor of pathology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, to serve as editor-in-chief of CAP’s peer-reviewed publication, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Released: 21-Sep-2020 8:00 AM EDT
CAP adds SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing to its suite of quality assurance programs
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), in response to continued patient needs in the global COVID-19 pandemic, released a new proficiency testing (PT) program for the detection of antigens of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Released: 30-Jul-2020 2:05 PM EDT
New Research Defines Intrauterine Placental Transmission of COVID-19 From Pregnant Women to the Fetus
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Pathologists examine whether mother-to-infant (vertical) transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs and, if it does, whether it develops in the uterus prior to delivery, and how it happens in a new research article published in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

Released: 4-Jun-2020 11:00 AM EDT
CAP releases 2020 edition of Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists used for inspection of medical laboratories
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) released the 2020 edition of its Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists on June 4, 2020. CAP inspectors use the checklists, with approximately 3,000 requirements, during inspections to ensure laboratories comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations and achieve accreditation.

Released: 14-May-2020 4:25 PM EDT
New CAP Guideline Improves Collection, Handling of Lung Specimens
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) released a new evidence- based guideline “Collection and Handling of Thoracic Small Biopsy and Cytology Specimens for Ancillary Studies” to clarify procedures and methods to optimize test outcomes.

Released: 9-Apr-2020 2:55 PM EDT
College of American Pathologists launches quality control program for COVID-19
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, released a new proficiency testing (PT) program for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2).

Released: 19-Mar-2020 4:45 PM EDT
The Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnant Women
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The CAP's Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine published an analysis of pregnant women with COVID-19 and the health of their infants, authored by David A. Schwartz, MD. FCAP.

Released: 19-Feb-2020 3:00 PM EST
CAP Opens Comment Period for MMR/MSI Testing, Advancing Care for Patients with Cancer
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Recognizing a need for evidence-based recommendations to guide molecular testing in the management of patients with cancer, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and three collaborating societies are developing a clinical guideline for testing DNA mismatch repair (MMR) and microsatellite instability (MSI) status in patients with a range of cancer types.

13-Jan-2020 10:00 AM EST
Updated Breast Cancer Guideline Refines Testing to Better Identify Patients Likely to Benefit from Treatment
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO),have updated the guideline for estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PgR) testing in breast cancer.

18-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Microbiome: Pathology’s New Frontier
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Pathologists are increasingly optimistic about the potential of the human microbiome to help guide diagnosis and monitoring of chronic diseases.

Released: 28-Jun-2019 10:45 AM EDT
CAP Opens Comment Period for Update to Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) Guideline
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

The College of American Pathologists (CAP), in collaboration with the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and the Association for Pathology Informatics (API), is updating its 2013 guideline “Validating Whole Slide Imaging for Diagnostic Purposes in Pathology.”



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