7th International Conference on Head & Neck Cancer
July 19-23, 2008
San Francisco Marriott
San Francisco, California, USA

The American Head and Neck Society invites you and your colleagues to participate in the 7th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. You are encouraged to participate in an outstanding meeting that promises to present the best scientific findings related to head and neck cancer treatment from a multidisciplinary perspective.

All authors who wish to present papers for the 7th International Conference on Head and Neck cancer may submit online starting November 1, 2007. Abstracts may be selected for either oral or poster presentations. Accepted abstracts will be published in the onsite Program Abstract DVD.

All authors are invited to compete for one of the following AHNS sponsored awards:

· Robert Maxwell Byers Award in the amount of $1,000 US for the best clinical research paper submitted to the meeting. All accepted oral presenters may compete for this award.

· Fanconi Anemia Award for the best research paper in the amount of $1,000 US. All accepted oral presenters may compete for this award.

· Best Resident Basic Science Research Paper in the amount of $500 US. Only residents in training can compete for this award and must attest that he/she performed at least 80% of the work.

· Best Resident Clinical Paper in the amount of $500 US. Only residents in training can compete for this award and must attest that he/she performed at least 80% of the work.

· Best Prevention and Early Detection Papers in the amount of $500 US for first place and $250 for second place. All accepted oral presenters may compete for this award.

Authors who wish to compete for an award must submit a completed manuscript to the Chair of the Fellowship & Scholarship Committee by May 9, 2008 to be eligible. All submitted manuscripts are eligible for these awards. All authors who intend to submit a manuscript for competition must notify the AHNS of their intent at the time of their abstract submission by checking off the award they wish to compete for.

Oral presentations will be presented throughout the main scientific session and video may be incorporated into their podium presentations.

Accepted poster presentations will be presented orally during one of two nights of Poster Tours. Moderators will lead groups of attendees through a select group of posters, divided by topic, and authors will present their findings to the tour. All authors will be notified of their acceptance status in February 2008. Further submission details concerning word length, charts/tables and other formatting instructions will be made available on the website.

Authors are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit to Archives of Otolarngology, the official journal for AHNS.

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Deadline for submission is Monday, December 17, 2007

We encourage everyone to submit an abstract, whether or not you are a member of AHNS.

For more information, please visit our website at:
www.ahns.info/abstracts

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