Learn the Latest Best Practices

Using both routine microscopic examination and immunohistochemistry, this online CME program outlines best practices for specimen handling and reporting, defined diagnostic criteria, improved recognition of less common diagnostic entities, and accurate interpretation of ancillary studies. Along with defining the role of newer adjunctive molecular tests, this breast pathology CME course will also help you to better:

• Classify proliferative breast, in situ, papillary, fibroepithelial, spindle cell, and vascular lesions
• Make the distinction between invasive and in situ lesions
• Identify a variety of uncommon benign and malignant lesions
• Understand guidelines for reporting prognostic and predictive factors

Expand Your Skills

Available online or via USB, Masters of Pathology Series – Breast Pathology provides a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: November 1, 2020
Date Credits Expire: November 1, 2023

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this CME activity, the participant will be able to:

• Evaluate diagnostic criteria and clinical significance of various common and uncommon benign, in situ and malignant lesions of the breast in both core needle biopsy specimens and surgical excision specimens
• Describe differential diagnostic problems commonly encountered in breast pathology and develop strategies to resolve them in the practice environment
• Utilize the latest information on the uses and limitations of immunohistochemistry in resolving diagnostic problems in breast pathology
• Understand the updated guidelines for ER, PR and HER2 testing and reporting
• Understand the applications of molecular testing in breast cancer

Topics : 

• Intraductal Proliferative Lesions – Laura C. Collins, MD

• Intraductal Proliferative Lesions – Microscopy Session – Laura C. Collins, MD

• Papillary Lesions of the Breast: A Brief Practical Diagnostic Review – Marissa White, MD

• Papillary Lesions of the Breast – Microscopy Session – Marissa White, MD

• Contemporary Considerations for Breast Core Needle Biopsies – Laura C. Collins, MD

• Lobular Carcinoma In Situ – Edi Brogi, MD, PhD

• Lobular Carcinoma In Situ – Microscopy Session – Edi Brogi, MD, PhD

• Fibroepithelial Lesions – Edi Brogi, MD, PhD

• Fibroepithelial Lesions – Microscopy Session – Edi Brogi, MD, PhD

• Mucinous Lesions of the Breast – Beth Harrison, MD

• Mucinous Lesions of the Breast – Microscopy Session – Beth Harrison, MD

• Spindle Cell Lesions of the Breast – Erinn Downs Kelly, MD

• Spindle Cell Lesions of the Breast – Microscopy Session – Erinn Downs Kelly, MD

• Vascular Lesions of the Breast – Steven Billings, MD

• Vascular Lesions of the Breast – Microscopy Session – Steven Billings, MD

• Breast Specimen Margin Evaluation – Stuart J. Schnitt, MD

• The Challenge of Evaluating Post-Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy Breast Specimens – Stuart J. Schnitt, MD

• Updates in Hormone Receptor Testing – Kimberly Allison, MD

• Updates in HER2 Testing – Kimberly Allison, MD

• The Spectrum of Triple Negative Breast Cancers – Hannah Wen, MD, PhD

• The Spectrum of Triple Negative Breast Cancers – Microscopy Session – Hannah Wen, MD, PhD

• PD-L1 Testing in Breast Cancer – Hannah Wen, MD, PhD

• Prognostic and Predictive Assays and Molecular Testing – Hannah Wen, MD, PhD

• Applications of Immunohistochemistry in Diagnostic Breast Pathology – Ashley Cimino-Mathews, MD

• Small Glandular Proliferations and Mimics of Breast Carcinoma – Mara Rendi, MD

• Small Glandular Proliferations – Microscopy Session – Mara Rendi, MD

• Inflammatory and Reactive Conditions in the Breast – Timothy D’Alfonso, MD
• Inflammatory and Reactive Conditions in the Breast – Microscopy Session – Timothy D’Alfonso, MD