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NCCN Seeking Poster Presentations from Nation’s Top Oncology Researchers
NCCN is now accepting original abstracts from investigators for consideration for the NCCN 21st Annual Conference General Poster Session; the deadline for submissions is Friday, November 6, 2015.
FORT WASHINGTON, PA — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is now accepting original abstracts for consideration for presentation during the NCCN 21st Annual Conference: Advancing the Standard of Cancer Care™ General Poster Session, March 31 – April 1, 2016, at The Diplomat, in Hollywood, Florida.
NCCN welcomes original abstracts from investigators in the general oncology community; submissions will be accepted from NCCN Member Institutions, academic institutions, teaching and community hospitals, and industry.
Topics may fall into the general areas below:
- Clinical Oncology (all phases)
- Pre-clinical Oncology
- Epidemiology/Risks
- Correlative/Genomic
- Best Practices in Implementation and Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Quality Improvement
- Outcomes and Health Services Research
- BIOinformatics/Information Technology Sciences
The NCCN General Poster Session, including submission review, is overseen by the NCCN Oncology Research Program (ORP). The submission deadline for the NCCN General Poster Session Call for Abstracts is Friday, November 6, 2015, at 11:59 PM ET. First authors can expect to receive notification via e-mail in mid-December 2015.
Abstracts will be evaluated using a peer-review process. Oncology research faculty from NCCN Member Institutions will serve as peer reviewers and approve research to display at the General Poster Session. All approved original abstracts will be published on JNCCN.org. Select abstracts will also be published in print in JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
The NCCN Annual Conference: Advancing the Standard of Cancer Care™ attracts more than 1,500 attendees from across the United States and the globe, including oncologists (in both community and academic settings), oncology fellows, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals involved in the care of people with cancer. Respected opinion leaders present the latest cancer therapies and provide updates on selected NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), the data upon which the NCCN Guidelines® are based, and quality initiatives in oncology.
To learn more about the NCCN 21st Annual Conference or the NCCN General Poster Session, visit NCCN.org/AC2016.
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