General Guidelines

SGO 42nd Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer^TM Abstract and Surgical Film Submission

Abstract/Surgical Film Submission Deadline: October 4, 2010 at 11:59pm EST.

Abstracts are selected by the Annual Meeting Program Committee on the basis of scientific merit and are allocated to Plenary, Focused Plenary or Poster presentations through a blinded peer review process. The Program Committee reserves the right to select the most appropriate forum for presentation.

Abstracts must adequately describe the objectives and results of the work so that the quality, originality, and completeness can be evaluated by the Program Committee.

Individuals with abstracts selected for presentation will be asked to postpone publication of their manuscript in any journal until the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. Abstracts selected for Plenary, Focused Plenary or Poster presentations will be published in Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting Journal Supplement. For those authors wishing to submit manuscripts for publication in Gynecologic Oncology, its editors will make every effort to ensure that accepted papers are promptly published after the Annual Meeting.

Unauthorized recordings of sessions by means of audio tapes, video, or still photography requiring flash devices, special lighting, or bulky equipment are prohibited. The SGO reserves the right to all video and/or audio recordings of presentations at The Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer^TM.

Expenses associated with the submission and presentation of an abstract are the responsibility of the presenter.

Click the "Rules for Abstract/Surgical Film Submissions" link on the left-hand toolbar and review SGO's submission guidelines prior to submitting your abstract or surgical film to the Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer^TM. These instructions provide important information regarding the abstract policies and processes, including Content, Format, Consents, Manuscript, Publication, Awards, and Submission of Abstracts.