Abstract Text
Abstract should be limited to 300 words including the
content under all sub-headings.
Abstracts should clearly state the following:
Background and Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusions
The abstract may include one table or graph or
picture.
Abstracts that merely state that results will be
subject to rejection
Use only standard abbreviations. Abbreviations must be
consistent and be defined on 1st usage, then use of abbreviation.
Disease names should be written without apostrophes,
for example: Wilms tumour, Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin disease, etc. Please do not refer to
patients by their diseases e.g., ‘Wilms tumour patients’ or ALL patients’. Instead identify them
as ‘patients with Wilms tumour; and ‘patients with ALL’.
Use generic names of drugs. The presentation must be
balanced and contain no commercial promotional content.
Do not begin sentences with a number – type the number
in full, for example, it should be ‘Three patients….’ Instead of ‘3 patients….’.
Numbers over 999 must include a comma, e.g., 2,000.
Decimal points must be displayed as periods (4.89) not
commas (4,89).
Numbers beginning with a decimal point should be
preceded by a zero.
All measurements must be in metric units.
An acknowledgement with an identification (unique)
number shall be shared with you on receipt of your abstract. Please refer to this abstract
number in all correspondence regarding the abstract. Do check your spam/ junk folder if you do
not see an acknowledgement in your mailbox.
Please contact the conference secretariat if you do
not receive acknowledgement of abstract within 48 hrs. of submission.
Please do not submit multiple copies of the same
abstract. If such a case is found, the abstract received second time will be considered, and
retrieval of the older one will not be possible.
If the application is not submitted in the prescribed
format (as mentioned above), it will not be considered for review.
