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Papers submitted to the sections Reviews, Clinical Studies, Clinical Translational Research Articles, Clinical Trial Notes and Reducing the Worldwide Burden of Cancer need an abstract of up to 200 words. Abstracts are recommended, but optional, for Short Communications and Editorials. Abstracts of papers submitted for publication that have clinical implications using human materials should be structured with subheadings as follows: Objective(s), Methods, Results, Conclusion(s). Footnotes: Avoid footnotes. When essential, they are numbered consecutively and typed at the foot of the appropriate page. Tables and illustrations: Tables and illustrations (both numbered in Arabic numerals) should be prepared on separate pages. Tables require a heading and figures a legend, also prepared on a separate page. Due to technical reasons, figures with a screen background should not be submitted. When possible, group several illustrations in one block for reproduction (max. size 180 223 mm) or provide crop marks. Each illustration must be labelled with its number and the first author’s name. B/w half-tone and color illustrations must have a final resolution of 300 dpi after scaling, line drawings one of 800–1,200 dpi. Figure files must not be embedded in a document file but submitted separately (see detailed instructions on the Submission Website at www.karger.com/ocl). Color illustrations Online edition: Color illustrations are reproduced free of charge. In the print version, the illustrations are reproduced in black and white. Please avoid referring to the colors in the text and figure legends. Print edition: Up to 6 color illustrations per page can be integrated within the text at CHF 800.– per page. References In the text identify references by Arabic numerals [in square brackets]. Material submitted for publication but not yet accepted should be noted as ‘unpublished data’ and not be included in the reference list. The list of references should include only those publications which are cited in the text. Do not alphabetize; number references in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. The surnames of the authors followed by initials should be given. There should be no punctuation other than a comma to separate the authors. Preferably, please cite all authors.