Cancer Data Champions

Nov 21, 2024

To support our collective effort to enhance public health for cancer patients—from clinical applications to supporting research to building a more robust health system in general—the College of American Pathologists (CAP) is sponsoring a series of Cancer Data Champions webinars.

  • Do you lead efforts in your institution—and across health care—to allow for increased access to and aggregation of pathology data?
  • Would you like to better leverage pathology data in the pursuit of improved clinical care?
  • Are better patient outcomes and more robust research initiatives on your to-do list?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then there's a good chance you’re already on your way to becoming a Cancer Data Champion.

This ongoing series examines visionary topics for the use of data in addition to real-world, hands-on opportunities to utilize the current data stores. Please join us as we explore the breadth and depth of pathology data that is readily available to support these initiatives.

Webinar Schedule

  • Generating Tissue Imaging Based Predictive and Quantitative Reports Through the Use of Synoptic Forms

    Thursday, November 21, 2024
    2:00 PM CT

    Join us for an overview of synoptic reporting for tissue imaging biomarkers, covering commonly used immunohistochemical biomarkers in breast cancer (such as ER, PR, Ki67, and HER2) and biomarkers relevant to immunotherapy (like PD-L1). Additionally, we’ll explore synoptic reporting in the context of essential FISH biomarkers, including critical amplifications and gene fusions.

    Learning objectives:

    • Describe the essential quality elements needed for accurate interpretation of predictive IHC biomarkers.
    • Review the fundamentals of the entity-attribute-value framework for characterizing quantitative biomarkers.

    Presenters:

    Alexander Baras, MD, PhD, FCAP
    Johns Hopkins

    Brett W. Baskovich, MD, FCAP
    Mount Sinai