The conference program will feature:

• Workshops
• Symposia
• Satellite meetings
• Slide seminars
• Slide seminars for residents and young people: preparing diagnostic skills
• Poster presentations
• Interactive sessions with a contest in diagnosis
• FNA quiz session



Highlight topics will include:

Gynaecologic cytology

• HPV test in screening
• HPV vaccines
• Quality Contr ol

Non gynaecologic cytology

• Role of FNA in breast and prostate: It is time for replace by core-needle biopsy?
• FNA in deep seated organs
• Soft tissue tumors
• Intraoperative cytology
• Image guided cytology

Advances in technology and new challenges

• Predictive cytology: What is the role of cytology and cDNA microarrays in cancer treatment?
• Fluorescent and molecular techniques: usefulness for cytologic diagnosis