Naples ∙ Italy

XIV MOLECULAR
CYTOPATHOLOGY

29 - 30 NOVEMBER 2025

Congress Center "Federico II"

Via Partenope 36 – Napoli, ITALIA

Meeting Director:

Giancarlo Troncone

Meeting Co-Chairs:

Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
Maria Dolores Lozano Escario

Meeting Secretariat:

Mariantonia Nacchio

Meeting Organizer:

Concerto SRL

The 14th Edition of the Molecular Cytopathology Meeting will focus on the evolving role of cytopathologists in the management of small tissue samples, at the intersection of morphology and precision oncology. As cytology and small biopsies increasingly converge in workflow and diagnostic impact, the meeting will explore opportunities for integration in molecular testing, reporting systems, and routine practice. Through multidisciplinary, organ-based sessions, and with the contribution of numerous national and international experts, the program will address current challenges and future perspectives in small sample diagnostics, aiming to redefine the place of cytopathology in modern oncologic pathways

THE MEETING DIRECTOR:

Prof. Giancarlo Troncone

PROGRAM

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29 NOVEMBER 2025

09:00 Welcome Message and introduction to the meeting
Giancarlo Troncone
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
Maria D. Lozano

10:00 Keynote Lecture
Chair: Giancarlo Troncone

One procedure – one reporting system: can cytological classification systems
be applied to core needle biopsies?

Fernando Schmitt

Current practice in small tissue sample management
Chairs: Philippe Vielh, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri

10:30 One Procedure, one Report: the re-imagine cytopathology task force position paper on small tissue biopsy triage in anatomic
pathology
Amy Ly

10:50 Combined fine needle aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy in the same setting
Pio Zeppa

11:10 The hybrid sample: how should the cytology lab workflow evolve?
Antonino Iaccarino

11:30 Questions & Answers

11:45 Coffee Break

Molecular testing & biomarkers in small tissue samples
Chairs: Michiya Nishino, Maria D. Lozano

12:00 Tools, techniques and challenges in preparing cytology cpecimens for ancillary studies
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri

12:20 Quality control in Predictive Immunocytochemistry: are cytology and small biopsies the same?
Elena Vigliar

12:40 Touch imprint, shaken biopsies, supernatants: exploiting the sample till the last cell
Vincenzo L’Imperio

13:00 Panel Discussion
Should cytopathologists take the lead?

Discussants: Amy Ly, Michiya Nishino, Maria Dolores Lozano, Giancarlo
Troncone, Philippe Vielh, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Elena Vigliar, Vincenzo
L’Imperio, Claudio Bellevicine, Pio Zeppa, Antonino Iaccarino

13:30 Questions & Answers

13:45 Lunch Break

Routine scenarios in small tissue sample oncological diagnosis

Head and Neck
Chairs: Amy Ly, Philippe Vielh

14:45 Core biopsy and FNA in head and neck neoplasm

Ivana Kholova

15:05 Molecular tests in salivary gland small tissue samples
Niels Rupp

15:25 Milan system for Core Biopsy Reporting?
Esther Diana Rossi

15:45 Questions & Answers

Endocrine Pathology
Chairs: Guido Fadda, Fernando C. Schmitt

16:00 Core needle in thyroid: friend or foe?
Michiya Nishino

16:20 Molecular testing in thyroid small tissue samples
Claudio Bellevicine