This year, approximately 2,600 abstracts were submitted for the meeting and about 60 percent of them were accepted for presentation, either as a lecture with slides or as part of a poster session. These scientific presentations last 10 minutes each with five minutes for discussion.
Concurrent sessions run over four days.
For young investigators, especially those who are still in a fellowship program, the ASCO meeting can be both exciting and confusing. It can be difficult to decide which sessions to attend and to keep from being overwhelmed with data. Therefore, the purpose of this course will be to analyze and interpret the major presentations at the 2001 ASCO meeting. Then, they will discuss the presentations at this local course. In addition to a presentation of the data, the speakers will give their viewpoints and interpretations of the significance of individual presentations.