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How tariffs could affect your labs and the latest in breast cancer research coming up next on the Path News Network.
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This is the Path News Network Daily Edition powered by the College of American Pathologists.
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Today is Tuesday, October 21st.
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I'm Brittany Riddle with the latest news.
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Medical labs across the country are seeing price increases for laboratory equipment and medical supplies since the Trump administration announced new tariffs in May.
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Pathologists are concerned that labs may not be able to absorb the increases.
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Eventually, this may limit access to care, especially in underserved communities.
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In a written response, the CAP has urged the Trump administration to exempt medical devices from the tariffs so diagnostic services remain accessible and uninterrupted.
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Read the CAP's full comments in today's edition of Advocacy News.
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CAP members make your voices heard on tariffs and other issues affecting pathologists and patients, such as Medicare reimbursements, gene patents, and labor workforce shortages.
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Use the CAP's Action Center to send an action alert today on these issues directly to Congress.
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It's a simple and easy way to urge Congress to protect pathology.
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Looking to sharpen your skills in body fluid analysis?
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Purchase your copy of The Color Atlas of Body Fluids by Dr.
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Eric F.
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Glassy.
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The second edition features over 1,200 high-res images, 360 illustrations, and 70 photo galleries for the visual clarity you need for fast, confident diagnosis.
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Finally, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Joining me today to discuss the latest research is Dr.
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Matthew Hanna, Chair of the CAP's Artificial Intelligence Committee.
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Dr.
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Hannah, welcome to the Path News Network.
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What are the latest developments in breast cancer research for pathologists?
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In pathology and specifically in breast pathology, we've historically had great interest in understanding morphology and grade and stage of disease.
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But we're we're moving towards a much more digital environment that's enabling a lot of use of that pixel data to be translated into computational biomarkers where we can now interrogate in a much more quantitative way different cell types, different spatial arrangements, and be able to infer patient responses or patient outcomes in ways which we didn't have that level of data before.
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You mentioned digital technology.
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How will the advancement of AI and digital pathology improve breast cancer research and treatment?
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There are several different ways that digital can really help patients either getting access to care or getting the right diagnosis for the right patient at the right time.
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And so we can have pathologists who may be in more rural areas, more community centers, who may not have that much experience with maybe some more of the rare diseases, rare tumor types, be able to access experts or pathologists who have seen that example of breast cancer on a daily basis and be able to get an expert consult.
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Taking that one step further, we can now look at different clinical decision support tools that can be used by pathologists in a way to help screen or triage patient cases.
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So that way pathologists can prioritize their cases for the day.
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Where if there is a patient who unfortunately has something suspicious that an AI sought, they can go and look at that sooner, get uh lab ancillary lab testing done sooner, and that way the patients can be having the report sooner, and it streamlines a lot of that process from an overall turnaround time standpoint.
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The American Cancer Society's 2025 report shows that cancer rates in women under the age of 50 have jumped by nearly 20%.
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From your perspective, what trends or underlying factors could be contributing to the increase?
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Well, I think one of the major ones is that uh increased awareness and increased um uh education around the breast cancer uh disease and diagnostic process where we're having uh many younger patients uh coming to have screening who maybe historically weren't having their screening, or being uh taking awareness of all of the either genetic factors that are at play and going to get care earlier.
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So I think that incidence is, you know, part of that incidence is is being driven by just increased awareness, education, and actual patients who are going to get their imaging, going to their primary care physicians to get that initial screening, um, and then some percentage of those are um you know needing follow-up for for something suspicious that might have been found.
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Any other closing thoughts as we wrap up breast cancer awareness month?
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I just want to try to communicate that breast cancer is very common, as we mentioned.
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You know, it is one out of eight uh women, uh, but it's very often treatable.
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And there is such a spectrum of diseases, whether it's something um closer to the benign or or or or um normal uh realm of the spectrum versus an atypical diagnosis or something that is uh is cancer, but it's not uh it's not invasive yet.
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So it's it's sort of a pre-cancerous disease all the way through invasive cancer, even metastatic cancer, there's a wide spectrum of being diagnosed with quote unquote breast cancer and what that and each one of those means something um a little bit different than the other.
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And so uh it's very often treatable, uh, but obviously to go see care and try to get as much of a personalized care as you can with that multi-stakeholder team so that way, again, you get the the right diagnosis by using the right technology and tools at the right time and for the right patients so that way they can get the right care.
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Thank you again to my guest, Dr.
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Matthew Hanna, for joining me for today's edition.
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Find more on today's stories in the show notes and our member newsletters on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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We're back tomorrow at 5 a.m.
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Eastern Time.
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I'm Brittany Riddle.
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Have a great day.
00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:09.919
How tariffs could affect your labs and the latest in breast cancer research coming up next on the Path News Network.
00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:18.399
This is the Path News Network Daily Edition powered by the College of American Pathologists.
00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:20.879
Today is Tuesday, October 21st.
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.359
I'm Brittany Riddle with the latest news.
00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:34.399
Medical labs across the country are seeing price increases for laboratory equipment and medical supplies since the Trump administration announced new tariffs in May.
00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:39.679
Pathologists are concerned that labs may not be able to absorb the increases.
00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:45.200
Eventually, this may limit access to care, especially in underserved communities.
00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:56.479
In a written response, the CAP has urged the Trump administration to exempt medical devices from the tariffs so diagnostic services remain accessible and uninterrupted.
00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:00.799
Read the CAP's full comments in today's edition of Advocacy News.
00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:14.079
CAP members make your voices heard on tariffs and other issues affecting pathologists and patients, such as Medicare reimbursements, gene patents, and labor workforce shortages.
00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:21.040
Use the CAP's Action Center to send an action alert today on these issues directly to Congress.
00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:25.840
It's a simple and easy way to urge Congress to protect pathology.
00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.760
Looking to sharpen your skills in body fluid analysis?
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.000
Purchase your copy of The Color Atlas of Body Fluids by Dr.
00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:38.640
Eric F.
00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:39.599
Glassy.
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:51.519
The second edition features over 1,200 high-res images, 360 illustrations, and 70 photo galleries for the visual clarity you need for fast, confident diagnosis.
00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.760
Finally, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.120
Joining me today to discuss the latest research is Dr.
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Matthew Hanna, Chair of the CAP's Artificial Intelligence Committee.
00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:04.000
Dr.
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Hannah, welcome to the Path News Network.
00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:10.800
What are the latest developments in breast cancer research for pathologists?
00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:19.919
In pathology and specifically in breast pathology, we've historically had great interest in understanding morphology and grade and stage of disease.
00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:47.680
But we're we're moving towards a much more digital environment that's enabling a lot of use of that pixel data to be translated into computational biomarkers where we can now interrogate in a much more quantitative way different cell types, different spatial arrangements, and be able to infer patient responses or patient outcomes in ways which we didn't have that level of data before.
00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:50.159
You mentioned digital technology.
00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:56.319
How will the advancement of AI and digital pathology improve breast cancer research and treatment?
00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:06.159
There are several different ways that digital can really help patients either getting access to care or getting the right diagnosis for the right patient at the right time.
00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:28.800
And so we can have pathologists who may be in more rural areas, more community centers, who may not have that much experience with maybe some more of the rare diseases, rare tumor types, be able to access experts or pathologists who have seen that example of breast cancer on a daily basis and be able to get an expert consult.
00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:42.800
Taking that one step further, we can now look at different clinical decision support tools that can be used by pathologists in a way to help screen or triage patient cases.
00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.520
So that way pathologists can prioritize their cases for the day.
00:03:47.680 --> 00:04:10.719
Where if there is a patient who unfortunately has something suspicious that an AI sought, they can go and look at that sooner, get uh lab ancillary lab testing done sooner, and that way the patients can be having the report sooner, and it streamlines a lot of that process from an overall turnaround time standpoint.
00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:20.399
The American Cancer Society's 2025 report shows that cancer rates in women under the age of 50 have jumped by nearly 20%.
00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:27.279
From your perspective, what trends or underlying factors could be contributing to the increase?
00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:58.399
Well, I think one of the major ones is that uh increased awareness and increased um uh education around the breast cancer uh disease and diagnostic process where we're having uh many younger patients uh coming to have screening who maybe historically weren't having their screening, or being uh taking awareness of all of the either genetic factors that are at play and going to get care earlier.
00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:21.199
So I think that incidence is, you know, part of that incidence is is being driven by just increased awareness, education, and actual patients who are going to get their imaging, going to their primary care physicians to get that initial screening, um, and then some percentage of those are um you know needing follow-up for for something suspicious that might have been found.
00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:25.360
Any other closing thoughts as we wrap up breast cancer awareness month?
00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:30.000
I just want to try to communicate that breast cancer is very common, as we mentioned.
00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:34.639
You know, it is one out of eight uh women, uh, but it's very often treatable.
00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:52.000
And there is such a spectrum of diseases, whether it's something um closer to the benign or or or or um normal uh realm of the spectrum versus an atypical diagnosis or something that is uh is cancer, but it's not uh it's not invasive yet.
00:05:52.079 --> 00:06:08.480
So it's it's sort of a pre-cancerous disease all the way through invasive cancer, even metastatic cancer, there's a wide spectrum of being diagnosed with quote unquote breast cancer and what that and each one of those means something um a little bit different than the other.
00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:29.279
And so uh it's very often treatable, uh, but obviously to go see care and try to get as much of a personalized care as you can with that multi-stakeholder team so that way, again, you get the the right diagnosis by using the right technology and tools at the right time and for the right patients so that way they can get the right care.
00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.199
Thank you again to my guest, Dr.
00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.240
Matthew Hanna, for joining me for today's edition.
00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:40.800
Find more on today's stories in the show notes and our member newsletters on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.639
We're back tomorrow at 5 a.m.
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Eastern Time.
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I'm Brittany Riddle.
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Have a great day.
