Melanoma Awareness Month: I am proud of the woman I am today, because I went through one hell of a time becoming her
May 17, 2022Guest blog from Katie Ostrovsky, stage IV metastatic melanoma survivor who shares her journey with melanoma and why she fights to advocate for prevention and awareness: My name is Katie and I am known on social media as @My_Melanoma_World. Here’s my s …
Melanoma Awareness Month: Trying to Make Good out of the Bad
May 12, 2022Guest blog from Gayla Timm, an ocular and cutaneous melanoma survivor, who reflects on her diagnosis 10 years ago and her continuous fight for melanoma awareness: I was diagnosed with choroidal melanoma in December 2011 at the age of 32. At the time I …
Skin Check Campaign Responds to the 32,369 Melanomas Missed During the Covid-19 Pandemic
May 9, 2022WASHINGTON, DC (May 9, 2022) – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF), a leading melanoma patient advocacy group and member of the Global Melanoma Coalition, highlights the scale of unidentified melanoma during the pandemic and encourages …
The Melanoma Research Foundation to Host the 2022 Washington, DC Miles for Melanoma 5K
May 6, 2022Washington, DC (May 6, 2022) – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is thrilled to announce its annual Miles for Melanoma nationwide 5K program bringing together local melanoma patients, survivors, care partners and survivors. Join the Washington, DC …
Melanoma Awareness Month: A Skin Check in 2019 Saved My Life.
May 5, 2022Guest blog from Leah Alexis Adams, a melanoma survivor whose anxiety from her 2019 diagnosis taught her the importance of sharing her story to bring awareness: I always told myself “It’ll never happen to me.” Until it did on October 14, 2019, when I r …
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