Naples ∙ Italy

XV MOLECULAR
CYTOPATHOLOGY

9 - 10 December 2026

Congress Center "Hotel Royal Continental"

Via Partenope 38/44 – Napoli, ITALIA

Meeting Director:

Giancarlo Troncone

Meeting Co-Chairs:

Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
Maria Dolores Lozano

Meeting Secretariat:

Mariantonia Nacchio

Meeting Organizer:

Concerto SRL

Under the patronage of(on request):

The 15th Edition of the Molecular Cytopathology Meeting will highlight the evolving role of cytopathologists in managing small tissue samples, at the crossroads of morphology and precision oncology. As cytology and small biopsies increasingly converge in both workflow and diagnostic relevance, the meeting will explore new opportunities for integration in molecular testing, reporting systems, and daily practice. Through multidisciplinary, organ-based sessions, and with the participation of leading national and international experts, the program will address current challenges as well as future perspectives in small sample diagnostics, with the goal of redefining the role of cytopathology within modern oncologic pathways

THE MEETING DIRECTOR:

Prof. Giancarlo Troncone

PROGRAM

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9th December 2026

09:00 Welcome Message and Introduction to the Meeting

Giancarlo Troncone, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Maria D. Lozano

09:30 Lecture

Why Do We Need Molecular Testing in Classification Systems?

Fernando C. Schmitt

LUNG

Chairs: Fernando C. Schmitt, Cioly Rivero Colmenarez

10:00 AI algorithm to identify tumor microenvironment heterogeneity in mouse and human non-small cell lung carcinomas

Derek Allison

10:20 The updated CAP/IASLC/AMP guidelines for lung molecular testing
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri

10:40 Blood based Liquid Biopsy

Umberto Malapelle

11:00 Non-Blood Liquid Biopsy

Francesco Pepe

11:20 TROP

Vincenzo L’Imperio

11:40 Q&A Session

12:00 Coffee break

12:30 Lecture

Clinical Trials: Cosa di Nuovo per il Patologo?

Massimo C. P. Barberis

13:00 Lunch break

PREDICTIVE IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY: THE PATH FOR STANDARDIZATION

Chairs: Sule Canberk, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri

16:00 From Established to Emerging Biomarkers: The Growing Role of Predictive Immunocytochemistry in Cytology

Maria D. Lozano

16:20 PD-L1: Standardization

Ivana Kholova

16:40 What’s New? FR-α Expression Level in Cytology

Elena Vigliar

17:00 Q&A Session

18:00 Closing remarks

10th December 2026

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND MOLECULAR TESTS IN THYROID CYTOPATHOLOGY
Chairs: Guido Fadda, Clara Ugolini

09:00 The Current Status of Thyroid Cytology in the Era of New Classifications, Molecular Profiling, and Clinical Risk Stratification

Sule Camberg

09:30 The fascinating history of papillary thyroid carcinoma nuclei: revelation of two nuclear morphologies—“Classical papillary” and “papillary‐like”, with different pathobiologic characteristics

Paul Ohori

10:00 Nuclear Atypia in the Framework of TBSRTC

Zubair W. Baloch

10:20 PRECISE: A prognostic thyrocyte-derived gene signature for thyroid carcinoma

Jennifer Wang

10:40 Nuclear Atypia in the Framework of ITRCC 2025

Anna Crescenzi

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Molecular Tests and ITRCC 2025

Giovanni Tallini

11:50 Molecular Testing Application Beyond Indeterminate Categories

Marco Volante