• Administration • Antiemetics • Bone Complications • Communication and Decision-Making • Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Fatigue • Fertility and Sexuality • Hemostasis • Infection • Mucositis • Myelosuppression • Neurological Complications • Nutrition

• Oncology Nursing • Oral Care • Outcomes and Health Care Economics • Pain Management • Palliative Medicine • Patient and Professional Education • Pediatrics • Pharmacology • Psychosocial • Quality of Life • Rehabilitation and Survivorship • Skin Toxicities • Other (Please specify in Abstract submittal.)

Abstract Deadline

The MASCC/ISOO 2008 Call for Abstracts submittal process closes at 5:00 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time) February 15, 2008.               

General Information

Each Abstract will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee with expertise in the topic. Abstracts may be selected for oral and/or poster presentation during assigned sessions at the 2008 MASCC/ISOO Supportive Care in Cancer Symposium. Only one author (usually the primary author) may participate in the oral presentation.

Authors may submit Abstracts of completed work, work in progress, or work presented at a local or regional level. Do not submit Abstracts that have already been published. The primary author is responsible to obtain written consent from all authors and appropriate institutions prior to submitting an Abstract.

The trade name of a drug should not be included in the title of the Abstract.  Whenever required for clarity, the trade name should only be mentioned once between brackets in the body of the Abstract.  All direct or indirect industry support should be disclosed by simply stating at the bottom of the Abstract, i.e. “Supported by…” Industry support will be defined as any support for conducting the study, analyzing the data, preparation of the abstract/presentation, or supporting traveling expenses.

Employees of business corporations may submit Abstracts that feature their employers’ products or services if they fully disclose their employment and/or financial involvement. Accepted Abstracts may not be sales presentations and can not imply any endorsement of said products or services by MASCC or ISOO. The individual accepted in the oral sessions or poster sessions must make this clear during his or her session.

At least one author of accepted poster Abstracts must be present at their posters during an assigned session to allow for dialogue with participants. Poster sessions may run concurrently with other Symposium sessions.

Submission Guidelines 

1. Online Abstract submission is the only method for submitting an Abstract. The instructions are available on the MASCC Website:  www.mascc.org.    

2. Each MASCC or ISOO member or Symposium registrant may submit only one Abstract as primary author. Members may submit any number of Abstracts as second, third, or subsequent authors.

3. Authors (including students) or institutions cannot submit more than two Abstracts on the same topic or from the same data set.

4. You do not have to be a member of MASCC or ISOO to submit an Abstract, but you must be a registrant for the Symposium to qualify for Abstract publication, presentation and awards.

5. For Abstracts with more than one author, the primary author is to be considered the contact person.

6. Authors selected for oral or poster presentations must pay the Symposium registration fee.

7. Abstracts must be no more than 300 words (excluding the title and authors’ names).   Abstracts that contain more than 300 words will not be reviewed.

8. Accepted Abstracts will be published in the June edition of the Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer. Incomplete Abstract submissions will not be considered. Authors may resubmit Abstracts as long as they meet the submission deadline.