📅 Key Dates

• Abstract Submission Opens: 15th April 2026
• Abstract Submission Deadline: 19th July 2026
• Notification of Acceptance (Oral/Poster): 1st September 2026

📌 Major Rules

• Abstracts must be submitted online via the website only — not by email.
• Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered.
• Submission of an abstract presented at a meeting with more than 500 attendees before PHOCON 2026 is not permitted.
• Abstract Categories: (1) Benign Haematology, (2) Haematological Malignancies, (3) Solid Tumours, (4) Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, (5) Translational Research.
• Presenting author & co-authors' details — including full first and family names, affiliation, email, and phone numbers — must be mentioned.
• Abstract Structure: Must clearly state — (a) Background, (b) Aim & Methodology, (c) Results, (d) Conclusions.
• Abstract Title: Limited to 25 words, in sentence case, not upper case. Submit symbols as words.
• Abstract Text: Limited to 300 words (structured as above). Abstracts > 300 words are not submittable.
• No table or figure is allowed.
• Do NOT include any centre identifiers (e.g., name of hospital, institution, city) in the abstract title or text — all abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by the Scientific Committee.
• The Scientific Committee will decide the mode of presentation, assigning accepted abstracts to either oral or poster sessions.

📝 Minor Rules

• Use only standard abbreviations (define at first use).
• Disease names without apostrophes — e.g., Wilms tumor, Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin disease.
• Use generic drug names only.
• Use correct numeric formats (e.g., 2,000; 0.25; p=0.015) and standard metric units only.
• Do not start sentences with numbers.
• Abstract must be in English with correct grammar.
• The presenting author must register for the conference.
• Accepted abstracts will be published in the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal (Elsevier).
• Do not submit duplicate abstracts.