49th Annual Meeting

April 6-8, 2025

Loews Philadelphia

For Submission of oral presentations and posters at ASPO’s 49th Annual Meeting.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 11:59 pm PST.

ASPO encourages members and non-members to submit an abstract for consideration as either an oral or poster presentation. All abstracts must be data-driven.

The four main symposia for the 2025 Annual Meeting are:

• Integrating Social Determinants of Health to Advance Molecular Epidemiology
• Misinformation and Infodemics: Implications for Cancer Control
• Pragmatic Trials and Implementation Science in Cancer Prevention and Control
• New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science in Cancer Prevention and Intervention

Abstracts are sought in the following topic areas:

1. Cancer Health Disparities
2. Behavioral Science & Health Communication
3. Early Detection & Risk Prediction
4. Global Cancer Research
5. Lifestyles Behavior, Energy Balance & Chemoprevention
6. Molecular Epidemiology & Environment
7. Survivorship & Health Outcomes/Comparative Effectiveness Research

New Topics for 2025:

1. The Environment and Cancer
2. Cancer-Related Policy
3. Community & Science

Looking Back, Thinking Forward Sessions

We will first “look back” at the history of a topic area with a senior investigator in the field and then “think forward” with five-minute flash talks from junior investigators and/or trainees. Flash talks will selected from submitted abstracts. If you’d like to be considered, please select the appropriate session below under preferred format. Looking Back, Thinking Forward Session Topics:

• The Untapped Potential of Lung Cancer Screening
• Evolving Approaches and New Directions in Cancer Prevention and Screening Equity
• Evolution of Chemoprevention and Early Discovery
• Advancing Equity in Cancer Care Delivery

ASPO abstract review process is:

• The ASPO Program Committee, along with volunteer reviewers, will review all abstracts and rank them based on a merit scoring system.
• The highest scoring abstracts will be selected for oral presentation.
• The top 16 abstracts will be published in a 2025 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.

Please adhere to the following instructions to receive full consideration:

1. List title of abstract in Title box
2. List authors (last name first initial) in Author box
3. Select relevant topic area(s). You are welcome to select up to two areas.
4. Indicate preference for oral presentation or poster and if the corresponding author is a trainee (pre-doc, post-doc).
5. Provide a structured abstract (up to 2300 characters including spaces) with these sections:
1. Purpose of the study (one sentence if possible);
2. Methods;
3. Results (adequate to support conclusion);
4. Conclusions (Do not use phrases such as “The results will be discussed”).
5. No illustrations are permitted in this section.
6. List 2-3 Key words.

It is NOT possible to save partially completed abstracts. Therefore, we recommend that the complete document be prepared and finalized, then cut and pasted into the appropriate fields. Please note that it will not be possible to edit an abstract after it has been submitted.

**IMPORTANT** If you do not receive a confirmation email (check your spam box also) after submitting your abstract with the text exactly as you submitted, please contact Stephanie Garwood at [email protected].

If your abstract is accepted, the corresponding author (or designated co-author) must register and attend the ASPO conference; otherwise, the abstract will be withdrawn.