The 2014 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) will take place in Madrid from September 26 to 30th, and it’s exciting to see details of the meeting start to emerge.

The theme this year is “Precision Medicine in Cancer Care.”

 

This conference is the European equivalent of the ASCO annual meeting in Chicago and alternates annually between ESMO and the European CanCer Organization (ECCO) in terms of hosting and organisation.

ESMO Tweets

The Twitter hashtag this year is #ESMO14, one that’s easy to remember, instantly recognizable and short to use!

Do follow @myESMO for latest Congress news if you are not already doing so. A searchable program is now available online. Link to ESMO 2014 Congress Program.

ESMO has already highlighted some presentations and sessions of interest to the media, but we will be waiting until the abstracts to make our own independent selection and reviews will follow on these.

One of the advantages of the ESMO meeting is the August 20th late-breaking abstract deadline.

Given the ASCO deadline is early in the year, this means the meeting has the opportunity for some exciting late-breaking data to be presented. I’m hoping we will see some exciting new immuno-oncology data as the field is moving forward rapidly

Abstract Publication Dates 

In terms of dates for your diary when abstracts will be publicly available online:

Wed Sept 17: Poster Discussion and Posters

Wed Sept 24: Proffered Papers (oral presentations)

Late-breaking abstracts: beginning of session when they will be presented

Abstracts in Press Conference: at end of press conf or beginning of session in which they are presented, whichever comes first.

I think it’s right that late-breaking scientific data should not be made public until the same time as it’s presented at the Congress.

ESMO 2014 Live Blog

After it’s success at ASCO, we’ll be publishing a live blog for subscribers on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the Congress. You can find our coverage on the dedicated ESMO14 blog page.

ESMO 2014 already looks like it will be an exciting and interesting Congress. If any subscribers have plans to be in Madrid do let us know. We look forward to saying “hello” over a glass of jerez or two….

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