A Hero Called “ipi”
March 25, 2011The news is not a surprise. We have been waiting for it for days. Maybe years. I was sitting in my office this morning when the phone rang. On the line was a colleague telling me the news—the FDA has approved a new drug fo …
New Tool Helps Melanoma Patients Explore Cutting-Edge Treatment Options
March 11, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C.— Most melanoma patients never hear about the most cutting edge treatments available to them. That’s because some of the most innovative approaches are available only through clinical trials and too few patients are ev …
Study Finds News Hope for Prevention of Melanoma
February 4, 2011The MRF is committed to funding research for finding new treatments that will make a meaningful impact on survival for melanoma patients and understanding ways to improve prevention of the disease. Part of these efforts includes funding promising …
Oncology & Biotech News Examines Patient Response to Cancer Diagnosis
February 2, 2011There’s been much buzz about the new Showtime series, “The Big C” and the portrayal of cancer on the show. But what do melanoma patients think about mixing comedy and cancer? Recently, a reporter from Oncology & Biotec …
Increased Access for Promising New Melanoma Drug
January 20, 2011Amy Harmon, a reporter for The New York Times spoke with the Melanoma Research Foundation’s executive director, Tim Turnham about the promising results and increased access to a new treatment for melanoma. Increasingly, experts believe that …
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