Abstract Submission Site Is Now Closed
All submitters will be notified of their abstract acceptance status by early-March 2012.
Only abstract reviewers will have access to the submission site.
www.submitmyabstract.com/default.cfm?meetingId=36440
Abstract Submission Supporting Document:
CALL FOR PAPERS
The American Head and Neck Society invites you and your colleagues to participate in the 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. You are encouraged to participate in an outstanding meeting that promises to present the best scientific findings related to head and neck cancer treatment from a multidisciplinary perspective.
All authors who wish to present papers for the 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer may submit beginning MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 through a link on the provided above. Abstracts may be selected for either oral or poster presentations. Further details concerning abstract word length, charts/tables and other formatting instructions are available via the supporting document link above.
Authors will be able to earmark their abstract for one of the following categories:
- Basic Science: Epigenetics and Gene Expression
- Basic Science: Novel Therapeutic Targets
- Basic Science: Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology
- Basic Science: Invasion and Metastasis
- Basic Science: Animal Models of Head and Neck Cancer
- Basic Science: Genomics and Proteomics
- Basic Science: Cancer Screening and Early Detection
- Basic Science: Chemoprevention and Second Primary Tumors
- Basic Science: Virology
- Basic Science: Tumor Immunology
- Basic Science: Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Biology
- Clinical: Induction Chemotherapy Approaches
- Clinical: Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
- Clinical: Adjuvant Treatment
- Clinical: Treatment of Recurrent and Metastatic Disease
- Clinical: IMRT, Protons, and Radioprotectants
- Clinical: Targeted Therapy and Immunomodulation
- Clinical: Microvascular Reconstruction
- Clinical: Mandible/Midface Reconstruction
- Clinical: Non-Free Flap Reconstruction
- Clinical: Reconstruction/Free Flap Complications
- Clinical: Photodynamic/Laser/Radioablative Therapies
- Clinical: Robotic Surgery and Other Surgical Innovations
- Clinical: Melanoma/Skin Cancer/Sarcoma
- Clinical: Nasopharynx Cancer
- Clinical: The N0 Neck and Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Clinical: Multidisciplinary Management of the N+ Neck
- Clinical: Oral Cavity
- Clinical: Early Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer
- Clinical: Oropharynx
- Clinical: Advanced Tumors of the Larynx and Hypopharynx
- Clinical: Minimally Invasive Approaches for Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors
- Clinical: Management of Early Thyroid Cancer and Parathyroid Disease
- Clinical: Thyroid Cancer Screening/Genetics/Medical Therapy
- Clinical: Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
- Clinical: Cranial Base Tumors
- Clinical: Salivary Gland and Parapharyngeal Space Tumors
- Clinical: Risk and Control Factors
- Clinical: Acute and Long Term Toxicity of Cancer Therapy
- Clinical: Psychosocial Factors and QOL
- Clinical: Palliative/Supportive Care
- Clinical: PET and Functional Imaging
- Clinical: Imaging: CT/US/MRI
- Functional Outcomes: Voice/Swallowing/Oral Cavity QOL
- Outcomes Research: QOL Instruments and Measurement
- Health Care Economics and Pay for Performance
- Surgical Education
- Challenges and Management of H&N Cancer in Economically Disadvantaged Settings
AHNS SPONSORED AWARDS
All authors are invited to compete for one of the following:
- Robert Maxwell Byers Award in the amount of $1,000 US for the best clinical research paper submitted to the meeting.
- Best Resident Basic Science Research Paper in the amount of $500 US. Only residents in training can compete for this award and must attest that he/she performed at least 80% of the work.
- Best Resident Clinical Paper in the amount of $500 US. Only residents in training can compete for this award and must attest that he/she performed at least 80% of the work.
- Best Prevention and Early Detection Papers in the amount of $500 US for first place and $250 for second place.
All accepted abstracts – both oral and poster presentations – are eligible for these awards. To compete for an award, authors must:
- Notify the AHNS of their intent at the time of their abstract submission by checking off the award they wish to compete for;
- Complete their manuscript in a final edited form as a PDF file in the Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery format:
http://manuscripts.archoto.com/cgi-bin/main.plex?form_type=display_auth_instructions - Submit to the Chair of the Awards Committee via email by Friday, April 27, 2012.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
Authors are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit to Archives of Otolaryngology, the official journal for AHNS. Interested authors must submit manuscripts electronically to the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery via the following website:
http://manuscripts.archoto.com/cgi-bin/main.plex
We encourage everyone to submit an abstract, whether or not you are a member of AHNS.
Congratulations to our AHNS 2011 Annual Meeting Award Winners!
Robert Maxwell Byers Award |
Best Resident Clinical Paper |
Best Resident Basic Science Paper |
Best Prevention & Early Detection Paper |
