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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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November 8, 2021

#EyeGetDilated: Each Day Together is Precious

Guest blog post by ocular melanoma survivor and advocate Sara Haven Rusch:  I got lucky. In 2016 I was 8 months pregnant. I went to a routine eye exam in order toÂ...

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November 2, 2021

The Melanoma Research Foundation to Acquire the Su...

Washington, DC (November 2) – The Melanoma Research Foundation, the largest independent organization devoted to melanoma, today announced that it will be acquiring the Ch...

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October 29, 2021

What’s Changed in Pediatric Melanoma Treatme...

Guest blog post by Vernon K. Sondak, MD (Department of Cutaneous Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center), with Jane L. Messina, MD (Departments of Cutaneous Oncology and Anatomic ...

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September 29, 2021

Celebrating Sunburn-Free Summers

Guest blog post by Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD, pediatric dermatologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and member of the MRF’s Pediatric Melanoma Scientific Steering...

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September 28, 2021

What’s New in Pediatric Melanoma?

Guest blog post by Vernon K. Sondak, MD (Department of Cutaneous Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center), with Jane L. Messina, MD (Departments of Cutaneous Oncology and Anatomic ...

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September 24, 2021

Melanoma Research Foundation Welcomes Andy Cohen A...

NEW YORK, NY – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) will host the 20th Annual NYC Gala on Thursday, October 14 at Cipriani Broadway. In celebration of the MRF’s 2...

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September 9, 2021

Pediatric Melanoma Awareness: Millie’s Story

For our Pediatric Melanoma Awareness campaign we share Millie’s story who was diagnosed with spitzoid melanoma before she turned five:  The words “your child h...

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September 7, 2021

Pediatric Melanoma Awareness: Keasy’s Story

For our Pediatric Melanoma Awareness campaign, we share a story from 3-year-old Keasy who was diagnosed with pediatric melanoma in December of 2020: Hi, I’...

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July 28, 2021

MRF Funding Advances Mucosal Melanoma Research

Guest blog post by Florian Karreth, PhD, a 2018 Career Development Award recipient from Moffitt Cancer Center: In 2018, my laboratory at the Moffitt Cancer Center received ...

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July 22, 2021

How His Father’s Battle with OM Changed Jose...

Guest blog from Joseph Boyle, CURE OM advocate whose father passed away from OM in 2016: Hello, my name is Joseph Boyle. My relationship to OM isn’t necessarily a positiv...

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July 9, 2021

Report: Decline in Melanoma Deaths Leads an Overal...

July 9 – A rapid decline in deaths from lung cancer and melanoma led an overall drop in cancer mortality in men and women across all racial and ethnic groups in the U...

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July 9, 2021

Caregiver Perspective on an Ocular Melanoma Diagno...

Guest blog from Paul Zubeck, caregiver to his wife Lindsay who has ocular melanoma:  I became a caregiver in March of 2017 when my wife, Lindsay, was diagnosed with ocular...

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