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SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
The Scientific Committee invites you to participate actively
in this congress 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 pre-
sentation.
The submitted abstracts should give a brief description of
the title and topic. All abstracts will be reviewed by mem-
bers of the working groups and/or the Scientific Commit-
tee. The reviewers will judge the abstracts according to the
relevance to IAP and ESP, standard of English, objectivity
of statement, description of what was done, suitability of
methods to aims, conclusions confirmed by objective re-
sults, ethics, scientific value, potential clinical value, origi-
nality 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
the congress websites
www.iap2016.comand
www.esp-
congress.org .Detailed instructions regarding the electronic submission
procedure can be found on the website.
The deadline for abstract submission is
28 April 2016
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GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
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Abstracts are to be submitted in English, the official lan-
guage of the XXXI International Congress of the Interna-
tional Academy of Pathology and the 28
th
Congress of the
European Society of Pathology should not exceed 200
words and structured in the following specified subtitles:
Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion.
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Case reports should also be structured as much as possi-
ble following the aforementioned categories. If not pos-
sible, the authors should upload the abstracts using the
most appropriate categories (in the respective text boxes
in the submission form).
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The abstract submission constitutes a formal commit-
ment by the author to present the corresponding pres-
entation in the session and time slot assigned by the
Scientific Committee.
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Changes in authorship should be communicated to the
Scientific Committee in order to ensure correct appear-
ance in the printed programme.
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If the author is unable to present his poster or has more
than 2 poster presentations on one day, one of the co-
authors should take over this responsibility. The change
of the presenting author needs to be communicated to
the Scientific Committee.
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Registration to the Congress is compulsory to be able
to present the abstract and get it published in the ab-
stract book – and must be completed by
7 July 2016
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the speaker fails to register and pay before 7 July 2016,
his / her abstract will be excluded from the scientific pro-
gramme and publication in Virchows Archiv.
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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 ab-
stracts by the Scientific Committee does not imply any
financial assistance or fee reduction.
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Notification of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific
Committee will be mailed to the presenting author. De-
tailed information in which format the abstract is accept-
ed (poster presentation or oral presentation), guidelines
and recommendations for poster presentation, oral pres-
entation as well as time allotment, date, hour, and venue
will be sent in due time to registered presenting authors.
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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF
ABSTRACTS
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Please choose a title that clearly indicates the content of
the contribution.
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Please avoid abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations may
be used in the text if they are defined when used first.
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The author's name (full first name, family name) and
place of work (institution, city, country) should be in-
dicated. Degrees, titles, street addresses and acknowl-
edgements of support should be omitted, however.
To provide maximum information in the abstract please
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state the specific
objective
of the study
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state the
methods
used, if pertinent
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summarise the
results
obtained
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state the
conclusions
reached
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ensure that the abstract does not contain spelling, gram-
mar or scientific errors, as it will be reproduced exactly
as submitted.
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TOPICS
When submitting an abstract, please choose one of the
following topics:
1. Breast Pathology
2. Cardiovascular Pathology
3. Cytopathology
4. Dermatopathology
5. Digestive Diseases Pathology
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GI Pathology
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Liver and Pancreas
6. Electron Microscopy
7. Endocrine Pathology
8. Gynaecological Pathology
9. Haematopathology
10. Head and Neck Pathology
Call for Abstracts