13th International Symposium on Minimal Residual Cancer 2023
Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

The Hamburg-ISMRC 2023 program will be focusing on Minimal Residual Cancer as Target of Cancer Immunotherapy and Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics as well as LIQUID BIOPSY in a broader sense.

The program will also include oral communications and poster presentations selected from submitted abstracts to support young investigators. We invite you to submit your abstract for consideration by our Advisory Committee for presentation at the 2023 ISMRC meeting in Hamburg.

The submission of abstracts is now closed.
Notifications of acceptance or rejection will be provided by 21 March 2023.

Necessary information for submission:

  • Title of abstract
  • Abstract text (max. 350 words)
  • Topic
  • Title, name, affiliation of the co-authors

Submission topics:

  1. Cancer Metastasis Biology
  2. Cancer Immunology
  3. Liquid biopsy-based Detection of primary Cancer and MRD
  4. Liquid Biopsy and Immuno-Oncology
  5. Immuno-prevention of Cancer Metastasis
  6. Monitoring of MRD
  7. Latest Developments in Liquid Biopsy

Formal criteria:

  • Extended deadline for submission is the 7th March2023.
  • The abstract must not exceed 350 words.
  • Adhere to the following structure: Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
  • Avoid capital letters and abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations can be used in the text if they are defined at the time of the first entry.
  • Figures and tables cannot be converted.
  • Please make sure that your contribution does not contain any spelling, grammar, or scientific mistakes as it will be published in the website's online programme as submitted.
  • With the submission of a contribution, submitters must provide information about personal relationships with business enterprises and declare possible conflicts of interest. These are usually present if the submitter has an interest in or receives financial contributions from companies.

General information:

  • All submitted abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers.
  • After the Advisory Committee has reviewed all submissions, submitters will be notified of acceptance or rejection by email in March 2023.
  • The best submissions will be accepted as Oral Presentations and Young Investigator Awards. Further submissions can be accepted as Poster presentations and the best posters will be selected for Poster Awards.
  • All active participants of accepted abstracts will be required to register for the congress and pay the registration fee upon acceptance of the submission.
  • No travel expenses will be reimbursed.