Digital Pathology Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Artificial intelligence in oral oncology: Current advances and future potential in diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic decision-making. Annamalai A, Dhanes V, Jayalakshmi L, Shanmugam R, Ravi S. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications 47 (2026) 101193. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we explore how AI is fundamentally reshap...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Can large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini interpret cervical cytology accurately? Saroja Devi Geetha. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 2026; Volume 83, 152641. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we explore what happens when advanced artificial intelligence is thrown into the visually chaotic realm of human biology. We examine a...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: How to bring generative AI to oncology practice. D. Truhn & J. N. Kather. ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology 2026. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we step out of the theoretical sci-fi hype of artificial intelligence and look at a practical, real-world roadmap for bringing Generative AI into oncology. We examine a 2026 p...

Send us Fan Mail You don't need a fancy scanner, a huge budget, or a computational background to get started in digital pathology. That's what I told the ACVP podcast — and I meant it. In this episode, I share my full digital pathology journey: from being completely intimidated by scanners during residency, to building a career that combines toxicologic pathology, image analysis, and rem...

Send us Fan Mail How close is pathology AI to making decisions that matter in real workflows, real trials, and real patient care? In this episode of DigiPath Digest, I review five recent papers that approach that question from very different angles. We look at multimodal survival prediction in cervical cancer, pathology-driven response assessment in neoadjuvant immunotherapy for head and neck squa...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: High-Sensitivity Pan-Cancer AI Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis via Uncertainty Quantification. Wang X, Chen Y, Liu X, et al. npj Digit. Med. (2026). Episode Summary: In this episode, we explore a groundbreaking 2026 study that tackles the "black box" problem of medical AI. We dive into UPATHLN, a pan-cancer AI platform for detecting l...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Reliable classification of polyps based on artificial intelligence: a development and validation study. Julbø FMI, Henriksen AL, et al. eClinicalMedicine 2026;93: 103826. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we explore a groundbreaking 2026 study that tackles the massive bottleneck in gastrointestinal pathology caused by successful colo...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: A Deep Learning Framework for Automated Triage of Breast Cancer Biopsies in Malaysia: A Simulation Study to Reduce Resource Consumption and Diagnostic Turnaround Time. Yudi Kurniawan Budi Susilo, Dewi Yuliana, Shamima Abdul Rahman, Siew Lian Leong. Clinical Breast Cancer 2026 . Episode Summary: In this deep dive, we explore a revolutionary approach...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Ki-67 Proliferation Index in Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Interobserver Agreement Among Pathologists and Comparison of Two Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Analysis Systems. Teoman G, Turkmen Usta Z, Sagnak Yilmaz Z, Ersoz S. MDPI 2026. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we step into the lab to examine a direct comparison be...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Modern Pathology-Driven Strategies in Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: From Residual Tumor Quantification to Spatial and AI-Based Biomarkers. Annabella Di Mauro, Rossella De Cecio, Saverio Simonelli, et al. Cancers (MDPI) 2026. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we explore a paradigm-shifting 2026 p...

Send us Fan Mail Deep Learning Can Predict the Overall Survival of Cervical Cancer Based on Histopathological Image, Gene Mutation and Clinical Information. Shen J, Miao Z, Wang L, et al. IET Systems Biology 2026. Episode Summary: In this deep dive, we explore a groundbreaking 2026 study that uses multimodal deep learning to act as a "master diagnostician" for cervical cancer. We examine...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Quantitative regression of qFibrosis with resmetirom: Exploratory histologic endpoints from the MAESTRO-NASH phase III clinical trial. Schattenberg JM, Bedossa P, Guy CD, et al. Journal of Hepatology 2026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2026.03.021. Episode Summary: In this deep dive, we explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the wa...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Molecular Pathology, Artificial Intelligence, and New Technologies in Hematologic Diagnostics: Translational Opportunities and Practical Considerations. Alnoor F, Mukherjee S, Menon MP, Ng D, Li P, Ohgami RS. Diagnostics 2026. Episode Summary: In this deep dive, we explore how hematology labs are tackling a massive rise in diagnostic complexity com...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Digital Twins in Neuro-Oncology: A Systematic Review of Current Implementations, Technical Strategies, and Clinical Applications. Annie Singh, Fatima Ahmad Qureshy, Angelica Kurtz, Moinak Bhattacharya, Prateek Prasanna, and Gagandeep Singh. Radiology: Imaging Cancer 2026; 8(2). Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we explore a groundbre...

Send us Fan Mail Why do digital pathology projects get harder once the real workflow starts? In this USCAP 2026 conversation, I talk with Robert Moody from Hamamatsu and Jake Eden from Agilent about what the conference theme, MAKING CONNECTIONS , looks like in actual digital pathology implementation. This was not just a conversation about products. It was a conversation about workflow. We talked a...

Send us Fan Mail   Why does digital pathology adoption move faster in some places than others?   In this USCAP 2026 conversation, I sat down with Robert Moody and Fumiya Fuji from Hamamatsu to talk about what the conference theme, MAKING CONNECTIONS , really looks like in practice. This was not just a scanner conversation. It was a workflow conversation.  We talked about why digital pathology has...

Send us Fan Mail What makes digital pathology feel so hard to enter, even for smart people already working around it? In this special USCAP conversation, Stephanie Fullerton from Hamamatsu turns the tables and interviews me about Digital Pathology 101 — the book I wrote for people who are starting or continuing their digital pathology journey. We talk about why the book is not meant to be an exhau...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Veremis B. Dent Clin North Am. 2026 Apr;70(2):403-416. Episode Summary: In this Journal Club edition of the Digital Pathology Podcast, we explore a wild paradox at the bleeding edge of diagnostic medicine. We examine a 2026 paper on artificial intelligence in oral and...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: The Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Classifying Molecular Markers in Adult-Type Gliomas Using Histopathological Images: Systematic Review . Almaabreh O, Al-Dafi R, Tabassum A, Othman A, Abd-alrazaq A. J Med Internet Res 2026; 28: e78377. Episode Summary: In this deep dive of the Digital Pathology Podcast, we explore the intersection of hu...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: A comprehensive European Colorectal Cancer Cohort dataset. Holub P, Törnwall O, Garcia Alvarez E, et al. Sci Data (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-06822-2. Episode Summary: In this journal club edition of the Digital Pathology Podcast, we explore a monumental effort to clear up the diagnostic "muddy waters" of Colorectal Cancer...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when AI looks strong in a paper, but the workflow still isn’t ready? In DigiPath Digest #40 , I reviewed five recent papers across kidney pathology, oral and maxillofacial pathology, glioma biomarker prediction, digital twins in neuro-oncology, and a major European colorectal cancer cohort. A common theme kept coming back: good performance is not the same thing as rea...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Assessing interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy in kidney biopsies artificial intelligence versus humans. Farris AB, Zukić D, Solez K. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension. March 16, 2026. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive on the Digital Pathology Podcast, we explore the intense debate over quantifying chronic kidney dis...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Clarifying validation terminologies in healthcare. Amanda Dy, Sandra M. Buetow, Andrew J. Bredemeyer, et al. npj Digit. Med. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02471-2. Episode Summary: In this deep dive, we unpack the silent chaos surrounding a single, universally used word in healthcare innovation: "validation". Exploring a 2026...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: Deep learning-based histopathological classification and subclassification of benign and malignant salivary gland tumors. Weber A, Schuster D, Heyer J, Becker C, Burkhardt V, Werner M, Spörlein A, Bronsert P, Schulz T. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 2026. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive of the Digital Pathology Podcast,...

Send us Fan Mail Paper Discussed in this Episode: A confidence-based, artificial intelligence pathology model for diagnosis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Chang, Jay, Calderaro, et al. Annals of Oncology 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2026.02.018. Episode Summary: In this journal club deep dive, we tackle one of the most frustrating diagnostic puzzles in liver cancer: differentiating primary int...