THE American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Health Foundation and the Program Committee for the third annual Genes, Dogs and Cancer conference invite abstract submissions from individuals working in the field of canine cancer.

The meeting will be held on September 5-7, 2003, at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, USA. The meeting is open to all scientists, veterinarians, and dog fanciers with an interest in cancer. The Scientific Program Committee welcomes abstracts reporting new, basic or clinical research findings.

Deadline for submission is June 15, 2003. Please adhere to all rules for the submission and format of abstracts. Failure to comply may be cause for rejection.

Notices regarding acceptance of abstracts and program assignments will be sent no later than July 1, 2003. All abstracts MUST be submitted in electronic form by e-mail to: caninecancer2003@ivis.org. For detailed instructions visit http://www.ivis.org/CanineCancer/default2003.asp

IVIS is a New York-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing up-to-date, clinical information to veterinarians, veterinary students and animal health professionals worldwide using Internet technologies. International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS), P.O. Box 4371, Ithaca NY 14852, USA. E-mail: info@ivis.org Website: http://www.ivis.org/

Since its creation two years ago, the International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) website has grown to be one of the largest and most important veterinary information websites. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the editors, authors and IVIS personnel, the IVIS website now contains 371 book chapters and countless other features to assist veterinarians and veterinary students in their daily search for information. Today the IVIS community has 35,153 registered users.

However, there are still many people with Internet access who would really benefit from the website information but who have never heard of the IVIS website.

Reaching every veterinary student and clinician in the world is a very difficult task so K9 Perspective magazine is helping IVIS by putting the message out to all veterinarians, vet students, vet nurses and others who have an interest in animal health.

The IVIS project is a New York-based work-in-progress and any comments you may have would be appreciated. Comments or questions can be sent to info@ivis.org.