INSTRUCTIONS

Submit your abstract

Step 1: submit your abstract (300 words maximum) in English
Step 2: wait for approval after the closing deadline
Step 3: the scientific committee will review the abstracts after the March 4th deadline
Step 4: you will be informed if your abstract is selected for an oral presentation or a poster presentation during the congress. You will then receive all needed instructions (format, schedule for presentation, etc.)

Submission Requirements 

Abstract should be submitted according to the following instructions:

Language
English

Words
Minimum number of words: 150 including titles, authors and affiliations
Maximum number of words: 300 including titles, authors and affiliations

One figure, one table accepted with no references.

Title
Concise, with no abbreviations.

Authors
1.      The affiliation needs to include the following (in this order, the street address is not required):

a.      Unit or Section
b.      Department
c.      University and/or Hospital
d.      Town
e.      Country

2.      In case of multiple affiliations, please superscribe the relevant numbers

3.      Please put a comma and a space between the names of the authors

4.      Please put a semicolon between the authors’ affiliations

Please put a space and line to separate the following:

·        The title from the authors
·        The authors from the affiliations
·        The affiliation from the text

Abstracts

There is no information about authors and the centers study done at the abstract.

The abstract for original articles should be divided into the following sections:

a) AIM: description of the objective/aim of the research
b) METHODS: description of the methods used
c) RESULTS: results of the research
d) CONCLUSION: brief conclusion

The abstract for case reports should be divided into the following sections:

a) BACKGROUND: a brief introduction of the case reported
b) CASE REPORT: description of the case

Please typeset the subtitles in upright non-italicized uppercase text followed by a colon (BACKGROUND: ... METHODS: ... RESULTS: ... CONCLUSIONS: ... for original articles - BACKGROUND:.., CASE REPORT: … for case reports).

Abbreviations

Only the standard abbreviations used in medicine are accepted, whereas the other acronyms should be written in extenso the first time they appear in the abstract. After that, the acronym can be used. Eg: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Example

Title
In vivo tracking for cell therapies

AUTHORS’ BYLINE
M. A. Thompson 1, D. WALL 2, R. J. HICKS 1,3, H. M. PRINCE2,3 

AUTHORS’ AFFILIATIONS
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; 2Centre for Blood Cell Therapies, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; 3University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract Text

(for original articles)
BACKGROUND: ...
METHODS: ...
RESULTS: ...
CONCLUSIONS: ...

(for case reports)
BACKGROUND: ...
CASE REPORT: …