Abstract Submission Period

January 15 (Wed.) - March 26 (Wed.), 2025

Important Notes

• The Presenting Author of the abstract must be one of the authors listed in the abstract. The abstract submission should be done by the first author of the abstract.
• All presenting authors must have registered and paid to attend the conference.
• Abstracts must be submitted in English.
• Abstracts may not be withdrawal or updated following the notification of acceptance.

Eligibility

All individuals interested in the conference are welcome to submit abstracts.
Membership in APPLE is not required, so both members and non-members may participate.

Abstract Category

An abstract can be submitted for presentation at the conference in the following category:

• Paper Poster (Poster Walk Session)
  Oral presentations are chosen among the posters and are presented at the Selected Abstracts Sessions.

Awards

The organizing committee of APPLE 2025 would like to recognize the outstanding scientific performances and achievements. Interested applicants may apply for the following awards program with submitting an abstract.

Young Investigator Award

The young investigator award of USD 500 will be offered to applicants whose abstracts are considered as being scientifically of merit.

To be eligible for this award, the applicant

• must be aged less than 40 years (as of July 1, 2025),
• clear copy of ID, indicating date of birth, will be required to receive the award,
• content of the abstract must represent the original work and not presented or published previously.

Best Abstract Award

The best abstract award in the amount of USD 500 will be offered to participants whose abstracts are considered to be scientifically of merit and the recipient will be selected during APPLE 2025.

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

Please adhere to the following formatting guidelines when submitting abstracts for the conference.

• Abstract title: must not exceed 20 words (First letter of each word in uppercase, except for articles, prepositions, and conjunctions).
• Abstract text: must not exceed 300 words (excluding the Title, Authors, and Affiliations).

• An Acceptable Structure of an abstract must consist of the following components:

  Background/Aim: A statement of the hypothesis or research question.

  Methods: An explanation of the study design and experimental methods used.

  Results:
  A concise summary of the major findings of the experiment or study.
  Sufficient data must be provided to permit evaluation by the reviewers and public reading the abstract.
  Statements such as "The data will be discussed" are not acceptable.

  Conclusion(s): Summary of the overall findings and the importance of the study.
  Graphics and Tables can be submitted as part of an abstract. The maximum file size of each graphic/tables is 500 KB.

• Author names and affiliations:
  Up to 15 authors and affiliations may be included on each abstract. All authors must have consented to the abstract submission.
  Do not reference institution names, locations, or funding sources in the abstract.
• Presenting authors are responsible for proofreading before submission. No edits will be allowed in submitted abstracts for typing, spelling, or grammatical errors.

Suggested Topics for Abstract Submission are:

• Liver Cancer

  Epidemiology and Surveillance
  Diagnosis and Liver Imaging
  Staging and Prognosis
  Biomarkers
  Molecular Pathogenesis and Pathology
  Treatment: Clinical Trials
  Treatment: Surgical Resection and Transplantation
  Treatment: Transarterial Approach/Percutaneous Ablative Therapy/Radiation Therapy
  Treatment: Systemic Therapy / Targeted Therapy / Immunotherapy
  Treatment: Novel Target or Experimental Therapy
  Cell Biology and Translational Research
  AI
  Miscellaneous

• Viral Hepatitis
• Cirrhosis and Related Complications
• Other Hepatobiliary Diseases

Notification of Acceptance

• Presenting Authors/Corresponding Author will be notified of their acceptance status via email. Presenting Authors must inform any co-author(s) of acceptance.
• The Organizing Committee reserves the right to accept or decline any submissions and to select the presentation format.

Abstract Modification or Withdrawal

• Presenting Authors may modify or withdraw the submitted abstract at My Page prior to the submission deadline.
• Following receiving a notification of acceptance via email, any abstracts cannot be modified or withdrawn.

Abstract Submission

• Abstract Submission