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Late-Breaking Abstracts

The SITC Annual Meeting showcases highly significant timely findings, ground-breaking data and high impact results. Scientists that had late-breaking, original research to present at a top scientific venue, were encouraged to submit their research during the late-breaking abstract submission period.

Both SITC members and nonmembers were encouraged to submit a late-breaking abstract FREE of cost, to be considered for an oral presentation at the SITC 28th Annual Meeting. The abstract selection committee places particular emphasis on selecting abstracts describing up-to-date clinical trial results or novel basic tumor immunology data.

Late-Breaking Abstract Submission Categories Included:

• Adoptive Immunotherapy
• Antibody Recognition to Engage Cells of the Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems (Antibody Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity: ADCC)
• Biomarkers and Immunoscoring
• Combination Approach in Cancer
• Immune Monitoring
• Immunotherapy in Combination with Radiation Therapy
• Metabolism and Immunity
• Novel Agents for Delivering Immunotherapy
• The Impact of Systems Biology on Immunotherapy
• Tumor Escape, Immune Editing and Role of Immune System in Preventing Oncogenesis
• Tumor Immune Resistance and Overcoming It
• Tumor Microenvironment and Innate Cells Recognition
• Vaccines

Guidelines for Authors

Authors submitting Late-Breaking abstracts to the SITC 28^th Annual Meeting agreed to the following:

• Serve as the contact for all correspondence about the abstract and inform co-authors about its status
• Confirm all authors are aware of and agree to the content and data presented in the abstract
• Verify the abstract is accurate and that permission has been obtained from all relevant parties
• Verify the data presented in the abstract has not been pub­lished in whole or in part prior to the SITC 28^th Annual Meeting
• Agree that abstracts submitted to SITC 28^th Annual Meeting are embargoed until 8:00 am Central on November 7, 2013
• Agree that, if accepted, they or a co-author will present the abstract at the Annual Meeting

Each abstract is limited to 3,000 characters. Title, authors, institutions, abstract body, spaces, tables, and images are included in this count.