The abstract submission system is now closed
Accepted abstracts are available online
Outcome notifications
Outcome notifications are expected to be made available to first authors by mid-September 2020.
Abstract submission deadlines
Deadline |
Date and time |
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Abstracts |
22 July 2020, 12:00 SGT (local Singapore Time) / 12:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) |
Late-breaking abstracts |
Final submission deadline* 07 October 2020, 18:00 SGT (local Singapore time) / 12:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) |
Late-breaking abstracts
*A skeleton indicating the type of data that will be available by the late-breaking abstract deadline must be submitted online by the regular abstract deadline 22 July 2020.
The deadline for the submission of finalised late-breaking abstracts is 18:00 hrs SGT (local Singapore Time) / 12:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on 07 October 2020.
Abstract submission categories
- Breast cancer, early stage
- Breast cancer, locally advanced
- Breast cancer, metastatic
- Developmental therapeutics
- Gastrointestinal tumours, colorectal
- Gastrointestinal tumours, non-colorectal
- Genitourinary tumours, prostate
- Genitourinary tumours, non-prostate
- Gynaecological cancers
- Haematological malignancies
- Head and neck cancer, excluding thyroid
- Palliative care
- Precision medicine
- SARS-CoV-2 and cancer
- Supportive care
- Thoracic tumours, early stage
- Thoracic tumours, locally advanced
- Thoracic tumours, metastatic
- Miscellaneous
The ESMO Asia 2020 Scientific Committee selected abstracts for presentation during the Congress based on the following possibilities:
- Proffered Paper – Oral presentations by authors presenting original data of superior quality, followed by expert discussion and perspectives.
- Mini Oral – Short presentation by the authors with comment and interactive audience discussion led by an invited expert.
- Poster – Display sessions for review, discussion and questions. Posters will be displayed for the duration of the Congress and the presenting authors must be available for Q&A for one hour to represent their work.
All accepted abstracts are published in the ESMO Asia 2020 Abstract Book, a supplement to Annals of Oncology, except YO Patient case study Posters.
Publication schedule for accepted abstracts
- Abstracts accepted for presentation at ESMO Asia 2020 as Proffered Paper (oral Presentation), Mini Oral and Poster will be published online on the ESMO website at 00:05 hrs SGT (local Singapore Time) on Wednesday, 18 November 2020.
- Late-breaking abstracts will be made public at 00:05 hrs SGT (local Singapore Time) on the day of presentation in the official ESMO Asia 2020 Congress programme.
Abstracts |
Date and time |
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Abstracts accepted as:
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020 Tuesday, 17 November 2020 |
Late-breaking abstracts (prefix ‘LBA’) |
00:05 hrs SGT (local Singapore Time) on the day of presentation during the official ESMO Asia 2020 Congress programme |
Travel grant
A restricted number of Travel grant to ESMO Asia 2020 are available, upon application, to first author (= presenter) of candidates under the age of 40 who submit abstracts considered deserving of recognition. Selection will be made by the ESMO Asia 2020 Scientific Committee on a competitive basis from among the accepted abstracts.
The application is now closed.