The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) and the organisation for European Cancer Institute (OECI) are jointly organising the sixth edition of this course on the Molecular Pathology Approach to Cancer.

The topics that will be covered in the course include:

• The role of pathologists in precision medicine
• Massively parallel sequencing
• Perspectives of molecular testing for clinical decision-making in Europe and North America
• Causes of possible pitfalls in molecular analysis
• Molecular pathology of breast cancers and the incorporation of novel molecular tests into clinical practice
• Novel findings in ovarian and endometrial cancers
• Targeted therapy in melanoma
• KIT and novel targets in gastrointestinal stromal tumours
• Genetic testing in colorectal and lung cancers
• Translocations in sarcomas and central nervous system tumours