Comparison of Publication Rates for Musculoskeletal Oncology Abstracts Presented at National Meetings

Table 1

Publication rates and characteristics of oncology abstracts presented at AAOS, CTOS, and MSTS meetings.

	Meeting				Intergroup comparisons ( value)^
	AAOS 2013–2015	CTOS 2012–2014	MSTS 2012–2014	Overall value	AAOS/CTOS	AAOS/MSTS	CTOS/MSTS
Publication rate
Podium	69% (66/96)	70% (127/181)	63% (87/138)	0.39	—
Poster	61% (40/60)	54% (394/728)	48% (96/199)	0.04	—
Both	65% (106/162)	57% (521/909)	54% (183/337)	0.06	—
Published prior to meeting	24% (25/106)	10% (52/521)	14% (25/183)	<0.01	—
Time to publication (months)+	10.8 (4.4–18.8)	16.0 (8.4–25.9)	15.0 (7.9–25.0)	<0.01	<0.01	0.01	>0.99
Journal impact factor (2015)	2.9 (1.9–3.2)	3.7 (2.9–5.9)	3.1 (2.3–3.1)	<0.01	<0.01	>0.99	<0.01

+Time to publication was calculated as the interval in days from the first day of meeting to online publication and excludes abstracts published prior to the meeting. Time to publication and journal impact factors are reported as median (interquartile range). ^ Intergroup comparisons were performed only for continuous variables after a Kruskal-Wallis test using Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. AAOS indicates the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; CTOS, Connective Tissue Oncology Society; MSTS, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society.