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FEATURED | May 1, 2025

Why I’m Getting Naked for Skin Health 

Guest blog post by Ian Michael Crumm, Celebrity Esthetician, Podcast Host, Key Opinion Leader, Melanoma Advocate and 2025 #GetNaked Spokesperson: Some moments stick with yo...

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December 19, 2023

Melanoma thriver Jody Carroll shares her journey a...

Guest blog post by Jody Carroll, melanoma thriver and MRF supporter: “I have always been a fitness enthusiast and for years was used to doing extreme workouts such as Cro...

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December 15, 2023

Congressional Skin Cancer Caucus Briefing on Impro...

Sunscreen remains one of the most important tools we have as melanoma advocates to prevent melanoma and other skin cancers, but for the past two decades, the Food and Drug ...

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November 29, 2023

The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) and its Fun...

From November 6-9, 2023, the 20th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research (SMR) convened in Philadelphia, PA to share research updates on the latest tre...

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November 27, 2023

End of Year Patient Story: Teddi Mellencamp

“The mole on my back had been there for years. Did I notice it had changed? Yes. And did part of my brain try to tell me I should probably get it checked out? Also, y...

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November 27, 2023

End of Year Patient Story: Steve Elefant

“Fifteen years is a long time to share one’s body with mucosal melanoma. I retired from a long career of wildland fire prevention in 2005. I was unaware at the time...

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November 7, 2023

#EyeGetDilated Awareness Month – Jason Bruck...

For #EyeGetDilated Month, we share Jason Bruckal’s story on how a dilated eye exam changed his journey with OM: My ocular melanoma journey started when I was having t...

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November 1, 2023

The Melanoma Research Foundation Launches the Lega...

Endowment Poised to Advance Critical Melanoma Research   The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is the largest independent melanoma patient advocacy organization dedicate...

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October 30, 2023

MRF Board Member, Cheryl Stratos, Shares Her Melan...

Melanoma changed my life forever. I was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic melanoma on November 23, 2009. Melanoma protocols had not changed for more than 15 years, with no...

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September 28, 2023

Jason Sessions shares his donor story ahead of the...

Guest blog post by Jason Sessions, melanoma survivor, advocate and MRF supporter: “I would like to share with you a little story about my life and battle with melanom...

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September 7, 2023

Pediatric Melanoma Awareness Month – Dr. Bri...

Guest blog post by Brittani Seynnaeve, MD, MS, Associate Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Melanoma Program Director, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division o...

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August 8, 2023

Melanoma Research Foundation Welcomes Emmy Award-W...

Denver7 Chief Meteorologist and Melanoma Advocate Headlines 12th Annual Denver Gala Honoring the Melanoma Community DENVER, CO (August 08, 2023) – The Melanoma Research F...

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August 2, 2023

Andy Cohen Poised to Help the Melanoma Research Fo...

Emmy Award-Winning Host and Executive Producer Headlines 22nd Annual NYC Gala Honoring the Melanoma Community   NEW YORK, NY (August 02, 2023) – The Melanoma Research F...

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