Original release date: May 22, 2024
Access to this course expires on:  March 27, 2027 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time
CME 4.5

Course Description
2024 Annual Meeting Long Course: Sign-out of Medical Liver Disease and Liver Tumor Specimens in the Molecular Era: Emerging Possibilities This course will cover a variety of hepatic neoplasms and medical liver diseases where there are opportunities for ancillary molecular testing to produce refinement of the diagnosis and provide clinically relevant prognostic information. For each of the topics addressed, the most up to date morphologic features and criteria used for diagnosis will first be reviewed, and then the potential for additional molecular testing will be covered. Resources regarding the availability and technical requirements for molecular testing will also be discussed. The potential of selected exciting emerging technologies to have clinical impact in the near term future will also be included.

Target Audience

Practicing academic and community pathologists, and pathologists-in-training

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize the utility of germline testing to identify disease risk alleles for selected medical liver diseases
  • Identify circumstances where molecular testing of benign and malignant liver tumors can be helpful in patient management decisions
  • Understand the circumstances where molecular testing can supplement immunohistochemistry in the identification of the origin of hepatic metastatic tumors
Continuing Medical Education

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Items Included in the Purchase of this Course
  • Drug Induced Liver Injury in the Era of Molecular Medicine: Lessons for the Surgical Pathologist – John Hart, MD
  • How do I Diagnose Fibrolamellar Carcinoma? – Rondell P. Graham, MBBS
  • Molecular Pathology of the Bile Canaliculus: Small Structure, Big Function – Romil Saxena, MBBS, MD, FRCPath
  • Cholangiocarcinoma in the Era of Molecular Medicine: Diagnostic Tools and Therapeutic Opportunities – Lei Zhao, MD, PhD
  • A Rational Approach to Liver Metastases in the Molecular Era – Daniela Allende, MD
  • Beyond the Microscope: Tips to Take Evaluation of Medical Liver Biopsies to the Next Level and Into the Future – Heather L. Stevenson-Lerner, MD, PhD
  • Benign Hepatocellular Nodules: When, Why and How of Molecular Testing? – Valerie Paradis, MD, PhD
  • Diagnosis of Primary Malignant Liver Cancers in the Era of Molecular Medicine and Artificial Intelligence – Julien Calderaro, MD, PhD