Molecular Cytopathology

Programma

MEETING OVERVIEW

9.00 The reason for a molecular cytopathology meeting
Giancarlo Troncone (Naples) - Pio Zeppa (Naples)

I session: BASIC
Chairmen: Giovanni Taddei (Florence), Oscar Nappi (Naples)

9.20 From the bench to the aspirate
Aldo Scarpa (Verona)
9.40 Fine needle cytology: the rules of the game
Lucio Palombini (Naples)
10.00 Molecular cytopathology: an overview
Fernando Schmitt (Porto)

Coffee break

II session: APPLICATIONS
Chairmen: Stefania Staibano (Naples), Grazia Arpino (Naples)

11.00 RET/PTC and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a pitfall in thyroid cytopathology?
Giovanni Tallini (Bologna)
11.20 What’s new in cervical lesion HPV testing
Maria Benevolo (Rome)
11.40 Lymphnode molecular cytopathology
Pio Zeppa (Naples)
12.00 Effusion molecular cytopathology
Carlos Bedrossian (Chicago)

Lunch

III session: GENE PROFILING IN CYTOLOGY
Chairmen: Sabino de Placido (Naples), Guido Pettinato (Naples), Gerardo Botti (Naples)

13.45 Breast cancer molecular profiling
Lajos Pustzai (Houston)
14.15 Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and circulating tumor cells in breast cancer
James Reuben (Houston)

Coffee break

IV Session: PREDICTIVE CYTOLOGY
Chairmen: Giampaolo Tortora (Naples), Umberto Ferbo (Avellino)

15.00 How to monitor the efficacy of breast cancer targeted therapy: a role for post-treatment cytology?
Antonio Giordano (Houston)
15.20 New markers for anti-angiogenetic therapy
Juan Carlos Martinez (Madrid)
15.40 EGFR and lung cancer cytopathological diagnosis
Giovanni Simone (Bari)
16.00 Kras testing on cytologicalsamples
Giancarlo Troncone (Naples)