Submission Requirements
Abstract Submission Deadline:
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5 Hours)
Abstract Decision Notification:
Corresponding Authors will receive notification via e-mail mid-December 2026.
The following must be completed during the Abstract submission process in order to be considered complete:
- Credit card payment of the non-refundable administrative submission fee; you will receive an automatic confirmation email once completed. Please note, when submitting more than one abstract for consideration, you must pay the required administrative submission fee for each abstract submission. You will be asked how many abstracts you wish to submit during this process.
- Upon successful completion of the payment step (administrative submission fee), you will receive an e-mail confirmation with instructions and a link to JNCCN Editorial Manager (JNCCNEM) system to create a personal account. Full contact information for the corresponding author must be provided in JNCCNEM when creating your account, as well as full contact information for the primary author, if separate.
- You will be required to upload, review, and submit your abstract through the JNCCNEM system (JNCCNEM link and detailed instructions will be sent in your submission confirmation email). Confidential Disclosure and Copyright Forms must be completed for your submission. A link to the form will be provided in your email confirmation. If desired, you may log into JNCCNEM to make changes to your abstract at any time prior to your final submission. All steps must be completed by the deadline, Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5 Hours) in order for your abstract to be considered.
General Abstract Guidelines:
- Abstracts must be no longer than 2,500 characters including spaces and punctuation. However, the title of the abstract and the author names and affiliations are not included in the character count. Only one (1) table or figure may be included as an attachment and does not count toward the character limit. Your abstract will be sent back to you for correction if you include more than one of these elements.
- Completed abstracts must be submitted through the JNCCNEM (a link will be provided in your confirmation e-mail that you will receive after completing the online submission and payment process).
- Interim analysis for studies in progress will be considered; however, as with all abstracts, data analysis/summary must be included in the results section in order to support conclusions.
- Study titles should be neutral and when referring to drug names, generic names should be used as applicable.
- Abbreviations should only be used after first spelling out the words to be abbreviated within the abstract.
- Authors may serve as first authors on up to two (2) abstracts, but may be co-authors on an unlimited number of other abstract submissions.
- If selected for the poster session, an electronic version of your poster must be submitted to abstracts@nccn.org by Friday, February 19, 2027. The electronic version of the poster will be available on NCCN virtual conference platform. A link to the platform will be sent to all conference registrants prior to the conference. Please note that if your abstract is selected to be presented at the General Poster Session, a picture of the poster may be attached to JNCCN information posted on social media (Twitter).
- For more details on the submission process and poster specifications, please see the Poster Session FAQs .
Administrative Submission Fee:
- A $60.00 non-refundable administrative submission fee, payable by credit card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa) during the submission process, will be applied to all abstracts. There is a discounted rate of $50.00 for authors from NCCN Member Institutions (NCCN Member Institutions) and the submission rate for fellows is $30.00. Please note that you must pay the required administrative submission fee for each abstract submission. You will be asked how many abstracts you wish to submit during this process.
Abstract Selection & Notification:
- Abstracts will be reviewed by the NCCN Abstract Review Committee based on the following criteria:
- Scientific merit
- Topic relevance
- Methodological rigor
- Data analysis/summary
- Overall quality and clarity
- Corresponding authors will be notified via e-mail regarding their abstract status mid-December 2026.
- All accepted original, previously unpublished* abstracts will be published on JNCCN.org.
- A transfer of copyright to JNCCN is required for publication.*
- No expenses related to the conference will be covered if accepted to present a poster (i.e. conference registration fee, hotel fees). Please check NCCN.org for conference registration availability.
- The Top 5 Abstracts selected by the NCCN Abstract Review Committee will have the opportunity to present their posters orally at the conference (date and time TBD). All other posters will only be displayed at the conference for discussion with conference attendees.
*Only original abstracts accepted by the NCCN Abstract Review Committee will be published on JNCCN. If abstracts are found to have been previously published, they will be disqualified.
NCCN 2027 Annual Conference Registration:
If your abstract is selected for presentation, you must register for the NCCN 2027 Annual Conference.
Confidentiality Policy:
Study results should not be previously released in any public format, including but not limited to the press, presented at a conference, or published in a journal.
Press Policy:
NCCN must be notified before authors of accepted abstracts discuss their results with the press.
Withdrawal Policy:
Accepted abstracts may be withdrawn up until Friday, January 29, 2027. Once withdrawn, your abstract will not be published online by JNCCN. Administrative Submission Fees are non-refundable.
Please send any questions regarding the submission process to: abstracts@nccn.org.