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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 ESP, standard of English, objectivity of state-
ment, 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
the congress website
www.esp-congress.org.
Detailed instructions regarding the electronic submission
procedure can be found on the website.
The deadline for abstract submission is
5 April 2017
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GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
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A maximum of 5 abstracts per author will be accepted
for submission. Additional submissions will not be con-
sidered (without further notice).
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An abstract which has been previously published can not
be submitted, unless there are new methods, findings,
updated data or other acceptable reasons for submitting.
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Abstracts are to be submitted in English, the official
language of the 29
th
European Congress of Pathology,
should not exceed 200 words and be 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 abstract
book – and must be completed by
29 June 2017
. If the
speaker fails to register and pay before 29 June 2017,
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.
Call for Abstracts