Late Breaking
In the days before 24-hour news networks, TV and radio programming would only interrupt for highly urgent breaking stories. These were often news of a serious nature, such as the assassination of President John F Kennedy, severe weather events, or other immediate dangers that demanded immediate attention.
Similarly, many of the original research presentations that are presented at our meeting contain results that have important clinical implications but that are not ready for prime time. Such results may be confirmatory of previous work, extend previous findings, are hypothesis generating, or lay the foundation for eventual clinical application. They may have a significant impact on guiding practice in certain subspecialties such as imaging or electrophysiology or for very specific disease entities.
However, the popularity of the Late Breakers and the emphasis that is placed on these abstracts can place too much pressure on these studies, thereby potentially overshadowing other important and clinically relevant work that is presented in other sessions at our meeting. As the pendulum swings too far, it may be time to rein in the prominence that is afforded these presentations.
Submissions for the Late Breaking category should be new and not previously published or presented (except as a case report). They cannot contain any data that is already being considered for publication at a national meeting at the time of submission, nor can they include research that has been accepted for presentation or publication in any other scientific venue at the time of the RSNA 2025 meeting.