Abstract and Sessions Statistics
A snapshot of the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting abstract submission and presentation statistics* are below:
| Abstract Totals |
Count |
| Submissions |
5,264 |
| Accepted for Presentation |
2,744 |
| • Oral Presentation (Plenary, Clinical Science Symposium, Oral Abstract Session) |
257 |
| • Poster Presentation (Poster Discussion, General Poster Session, Trials in Progress) |
2,487 |
| For ePublication Only |
1,859 |
| Rejected |
456 |
| Abstracts by Track |
Submitted |
Accepted for Presentation |
ePublication Only |
| Breast Cancer - HER2/ER |
297 |
172 |
93 |
| Breast Cancer - Triple Negative/Cytotoxics/Local Therapy |
212 |
148 |
67 |
| Cancer Prevention/Epidemiology |
174 |
117 |
42 |
| Central Nervous System Tumors |
133 |
110 |
15 |
| Developmental Therapeutics - Clinical Pharmacology & Immunotherapy |
271 |
122 |
105 |
| Developmental Therapeutics - Experimental Ther. |
279 |
119 |
91 |
| Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer |
342 |
144 |
173 |
| Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer |
425 |
154 |
223 |
| Genitourinary Cancer |
451 |
203 |
195 |
| Gynecologic Cancer |
224 |
117 |
81 |
| Head and Neck Cancer |
183 |
103 |
58 |
| Health Services Research |
358 |
138 |
67 |
| Leukemia, Myelodysplasia, and Transplantation |
167 |
144 |
20 |
| Lung Cancer - Non-small Cell Local-regional/Small Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers |
215 |
114 |
64 |
| Lung Cancer - Non- Small Cell Metastatic |
298 |
121 |
136 |
| Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Disorders |
208 |
121 |
68 |
| Melanoma/Skin Cancers |
174 |
107 |
60 |
| Patient and Survivor Care |
309 |
155 |
134 |
| Pediatric Oncology |
107 |
93 |
8 |
| Sarcoma |
131 |
104 |
12 |
| Tumor Biology |
306 |
138 |
147 |
| Totals |
5,264 |
2,744 |
1,859 |
| Demographic Statistics |
By Total |
By Percentage |
| Domestic |
2,346 |
44.6% |
| International |
2,918 |
55.4% |
| Total Countries to Submit |
135 |
| Top 12 Countries |
| United States |
2,346 |
44.57% |
| Japan |
253 |
4.81% |
| France |
248 |
4.71% |
| Italy |
245 |
4.65% |
| Germany |
241 |
4.58% |
| Spain |
201 |
3.82% |
| Canada |
175 |
3.32% |
| China |
152 |
2.89% |
| United Kingdom |
144 |
2.74% |
| South Korea |
105 |
1.99% |
| Australia |
74 |
1.41% |
| India |
70 |
1.33% |
* — This data is as of April 18, 2012