Call for Abstracts
The Scientific Committee invites you to participate actively in this conference which will be an extraordinary occasion for the exchange of thoughts and experiences. We look forward to receiving abstracts online for consideration and inclusion in the scientific programme as oral or poster presentation.
The submitted abstracts should give a brief description of the title and topic. All abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee. The reviewers will judge the abstracts according to the relevance to ESP, standard of English, objectivity of statement, description of what was done, suitability of methods to aims, conclusions confirmed by objective results, ethics, scientific value, potential clinical value, originality of work and overall impression.
All accepted abstracts will be published in an abstract book which is a supplement to Virchows Archiv, and online on this congress website.
When submitting an abstract, please choose one of the following topics:
Topics
- Breast Pathology
- Cardiopathology
- Cytopathology
- Dermatopathology
- Digestive Diseases Pathology
- Electron Microscopy
- Endocrine Pathology
- Gynaecological Pathology
- Haematopathology
- Head and Neck Pathology
- History of Pathology
- Infectious Diseases Pathology
- IT in Pathology
- Molecular Pathology
- Nephropathology
- Neuropathology
- Ophthalmic Pathology
- Paedriatric and Perinatal Pathology
- Pulmonary Pathology
- Soft tissue Pathology
- Thymic and Mediastinal Pathology
- Uropathology
- Other Topics
Guidelines for Submission
- Abstracts are to be submitted in English, the official language of the 24th European Congress of Pathology and should not exceed 200 words and structured in the following four specified subtitles: Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion(s).
- The abstract submission constitutes a formal commitment by the author to present the corresponding presentation in the session and time slot assigned by the Scientific Committee.
- Changes in authorship should be communicated to the Scientific Committee in order to ensure correct appearance in the printed programme.
- If the original presenting author is unable to present, one of the co-authors should take over this responsibility.
- Registration to the Congress is compulsory for speakers to be able to present the abstract and to get it published in the abstract book. Registration and payment of the fees must be completed by 11 June 2012 at the latest. If the speaker fails to register and pay before 11 June 2012, his/ her abstract will be excluded from the scientific programme and publication.
- If a delegate has registered upon the condition that his / her abstract is accepted and the abstract is rejected, the registration fee will be refunded. The acceptance of abstracts by the Scientific Committee does not imply any financial assistance or fee reduction.
- Notification of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific Committee will be mailed to the presenting author. Detailed information in which format the abstract is accepted (poster presentation, electronic poster or oral presentation), guidelines and recommendations for poster presentation, oral presentation as well as time allotment, date, hour, and venue will be sent in due time to registered presenting authors.
Please click here to submit your abstract.
Guidelines for Preparation of Abstracts
- Please choose a title that clearly indicates the content of the contribution.
- Please avoid abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations may be used in the text if they are defined when used first.
- The author‘s name (full first name, family name) and place of work (institution, city, country) should be indicated. Degrees, titles, street addresses and acknowledgements of support should be omitted, however.
- To provide maximum information in the abstract please
- State the specific objective of the study
- State the methods used, if pertinent
- Summarise the results obtained
- State the conclusions reached
- Please ensure that the abstract does not contain spelling, grammar or scientific errors, as it will be reproduced exactly as submitted.