MRF Partners with UVSunSense™
August 4, 2010The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) has partnered with UVSunSense™ to promote sun safety. The UVSunSense™ wristband has a special coating that reacts to UV radiation – the type of radiation that causes dam …
MRF Launches Public Service Announcement to Raise Funds for Research
July 7, 2010The Melanoma Research Foundation recently launched a public service announcement (PSA) to support efforts to find a cure for melanoma. The PSA features MaryAnn, who bears scars on her face and neck as a result of her treatment. With so few treatme …
New Tan Tax Spotlights Connection Between Tanning Beds and Melanoma
June 30, 2010-Tan tax in health care legislation begins July 1- HILLSBOROUGH, N.J.—July 1 marks the beginning of a new 10 percent federal tax instituted on indoor tanning sessions across the country. Public health experts hope that the new tax will …
MRF Hosts Meeting to Find New Treatments for Melanoma
June 18, 2010The Melanoma Research Foundation hosted a meeting on June 7 to coincide with the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago to discuss the MRF Breakthrough Consortium. Attendees included leading melanoma researc …
Interview with Melanoma Expert
June 18, 2010Dr. Lynn Schuchter, chief of hematology/oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center and co-chair of the MRF’s scientific advisory committee, spoke with Patient Power, a website featuring health information programs, while at …
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