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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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September 2, 2011

An Epidemic?

The American Academy of Dermatology just had their summer meeting and one of the speakers, Dr. Darrell Rigel, grabbed my attention with some alarming comments. We have know...

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September 2, 2011

One More Question

I have written a couple of times about questions patients ask when first diagnosed with cancer:  “Am I going to die?”  “How did this happen?&rdq...

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August 22, 2011

The Second Question

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, they have a lot of questions.  The first question, as I mentioned recently, is this:  “Am I going to die?” ...

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August 17, 2011

First Gene-Targeted Drug for Melanoma Approved by ...

Decision Opens New Doors to Long-Awaited Combination Trials WASHINGTON, D.C.—Melanoma patients who have long faced a bleak treatment landscape are gaining a new appro...

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August 9, 2011

The First Question

Over the years I have had the privilege to know many, many people fighting cancer.  Young and old, male and female.  We tend to think cancer ennobles someone&mdas...

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August 2, 2011

Melanoma Patient Profile

What does a melanoma patient look like?  She looks like Diane, who posts on MPIP.org as “Dian in Spokane.”  Diane was first diagnosed years ago, ...

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July 21, 2011

New Sunscreen Labeling Will Improve Sun Safety

New Sunscreen Labeling Will Improve Sun Safety -Clearer Labels Will Help Consumers Limit Exposure to Dangerous Ultraviolet Rays- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Should your sunscree...

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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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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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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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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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5th Annual #GetNakedJax

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Ask the Expert: Mucosal Melanoma – Current and Emerging Treatments, Research and Patient Perspectives

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San Diego Miles for Melanoma 5K

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CURE OM Global Science Meeting

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