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FEATURED | September 11, 2025

Jason Chambers Headlines the Melanoma Research Fou...

Superyacht Captain, TV Personality, Melanoma Patient and Advocate Poised to Emcee Event Honoring the Melanoma Community  New York City, NY (September 11, 2025) – The...

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July 15, 2011

Making a Difference

Thanks to "guest blogger" Mary Mendoza for the following.  Mary is National Director of Volunteer Services for MRF. Later this month MRF will host a two-day ...

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Blogs |
June 27, 2011

Practice What you Preach

Part of what makes my work for the Melanoma Research Foundation is my family history of melanoma.  Both my mother and her twin brother were diagnosed with early stage ...

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Melanoma News |
June 17, 2011

Left Armed Bandit

Today we heard that drivers in the United States have more skin cancer on their left arm than on their right.  This news came just after a big media push from the FDA ...

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Blogs |
June 16, 2011

Mother and Child

I just got off the phone with a young woman I met earlier this year who is battling Stage IV melanoma.  During the call she told me, “I have a 2 year old and I w...

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Blogs |
June 14, 2011

June 2011 eBrief: Oncology Conference Puts Melano...

Groundbreaking Melanoma Therapies Featured at ASCO’s Annual Meeting Promising results from two separate melanoma treatment studies stole the spotlight at the recent A...

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Blogs |
June 1, 2011

Competition and Collaboration

In their most honest moments, the best and brightest scientific researchers agree that competition is good.  When researchers have to apply for limited funds they shar...

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May 17, 2011

MRF Says Go Beyond “Usual Suspects” to Watch M...

WASHINGTON—Unless you are Cindy Crawford, you might give little thought to the moles, freckles and other marks dotting your skin.  But, as an estimated 68,000 pe...

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Melanoma News |
May 16, 2011

Alphabet Soup

I had dinner last night with two melanoma researchers.  One is an M.D.; the other has an M.D and a Ph.D.  The discussion quickly moved to new studies and treatmen...

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Blogs |
May 14, 2011

Watchwords

Today’s melanoma symposium in Seattle featured a panel of patients telling their stories.    Some have been fighting melanoma for years.  One was ...

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Blogs |
May 10, 2011

Angels Unaware

In some ways cancer patients are just people.  Some are mean, some are nice.  Some are caring, some are indifferent.  Having said that, cancer, like most maj...

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April 30, 2011

Profiles in Courage

After two days of board meetings and tons of other activities I was exhausted.  But I ran to the airport and jumped on an 8:15 flight last night, arriving in St. Louis...

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Blogs |
April 22, 2011

Shying Away From Sun Increases Melanoma Risk

That is the headline in an article by Dr. John Briffa, a UK physician.  Citing a 2008 article in the British Medical Journal, the author claims that melanoma incidence...

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