Classic Lectures in Pathology: What You Need to Know: Breast Pathology

This CME Activity offers a practical review of breast pathology including basic to advanced techniques, pearls and pitfalls to pathologic diagnosis and case reviews.

This CME activity is intended and designed to educate pathologists.

Educational Symposia

Physicians: Educational Symposia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Educational Symposia designates this enduring material for a maximum of 17.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

All activity participants are required to complete the credit application in order to be awarded credit. Course participants will also have the opportunity to critically evaluate the program as it relates to practice relevance and educational objectives.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM for these programs may be claimed until January 14, 2028.

This program is planned and organized by Educational Symposia, a leader in accredited continuing education since 1975.

This activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Elements.

At the completion of this CME teaching activity, you should be able to:

• Explain the spectrum of benign spindle cell lesions in the breast.
• Utilize molecular classification of breast cancer.
• Review the updates to the AJCC staging of breast cancer.
• Differentiate inflammatory and reactive lesions from other forms of breast pathologies.
• Discuss breast cancer predictive factor testing (ER, PR & HER2).
• Describe the diagnostic features and clinical significance of a variety of breast lesions with particular reference to the implications of these diagnoses in core needle biopsy specimens.

No special educational preparation is required for this CME activity.