More than 2,150 abstracts were accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting, plus more than 2,890 additional abstracts were accepted for online publication. The vast majority of these abstracts will be publicly posted on abstracts.asco.org on Wednesday, May 17, at 5:00 p.m. (ET). An embargoed presscast for media will be held earlier that day to highlight six significant abstracts from this g...

Cynthia A; HRANITZ, John M; Bloomsburg University; [email protected] Temperature-Induced Stress Responses in the Blackworm (Lumbriculus variegatus) The aquatic worm Lumbriculus variegatus (blackworm) is an ideal candidate for toxicity testing and is being used increasingly to assess ecological risk. Blackworms are sensitive to sublethal doses of various toxins and display readily observable b...

BACKGROUND Subsequent publication rate of abstracts presented at meetings is seen as an indicator of the interest and quality of the meeting. We have analyzed characteristics and rate publication in peer-reviewed journals derived from oral communications and posters presented at the 1999 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting. METHODS All 689 abstracts presented at the 1999 CPD...

The unforeseen impact of meeting abstracts on cancer research The dissemination of scientific information usually occurs through peer-reviewed journals. Nevertheless, scientific conferences have shown to be an instance for researchers to communicate their results, obtaining immediate feedback on their findings. Yet, some researchers disregard the information presented at these conferences simpl...