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February 22, 2022

Bringing Awareness of Sun Safety and Sun Care to t...

Guest blog post by Katonya Breaux, Founder, Unsun Cosmetics and MRF advocate:   I discovered moles on my face that I thought were genetic, but after a visit to the dermato...

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February 17, 2022

Hope in the Ocular Melanoma Journey

Guest blog post by Samantha Buirski, ocular melanoma patient, advocate and member of the CURE OM Patient Steering Committee: Being part of a rare community is challenging. ...

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Melanoma News |
February 11, 2022

The First FDA Approved Treatment for Metastatic Uv...

On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of KIMMTRAK (tebentafusp-tebn), the first and only FDA-approved treatment for metastatic u...

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February 11, 2022

Advocating Through Research Review Processes

Guest blog post by Kristin R. McJunkins, Stage III melanoma survivor and advocate: In 2008 when I was 38 years old, I was diagnosed with Stage IIIa cutaneous melanoma. Afte...

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Melanoma News |
February 9, 2022

A Monumental First Step in Uveal Melanoma

Guest blog post by Keith T. Flaherty, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of Developmental Therapeutics at Massachusetts General Hospita...

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January 21, 2022

Scientific Peer Review of Congressionally Directed...

The MRF is proud to share the following press release from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program announcing MRF Board Chair (and melanoma survivor) Doug Bro...

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December 22, 2021

25th Anniversary: A Mouse Model in BRAF-induced Me...

Guest blog post by Martin McMahon, PhD, Senior Director of Preclinical Research, Principal Investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. McMahon received the Diana Ashby S...

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November 29, 2021

#EyeGetDilated: A Vision Saving, Life Saving Exam

Guest blog post by Richard K. Lodwick, OD: As I explain to most every patient, the view into the eye is a direct view into the body. Within the eye we have access to nerves...

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November 16, 2021

#EyeGetDilated: It Just Might Save Your Life

Guest blog post by ocular melanoma patient and advocate Karen Kaludov: When I was in college, a doctor told me my goal was to not get skin cancer before I was 40. The docto...

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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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Apr 19, 2026 PT

CommUNITY Fundraiser: 13th Annual Shoopy Scramble Charity Golf Tournament

Apr 25, 2026 ET

CommUNITY Fundraiser: SPF 5K – Shield, Prevent, Fight

May 02, 2026 PT

Fred Hutch Cancer Center: 2026 Northwest Melanoma Symposium: Science to Survivorship

May 08, 2026 CT

CommUNITY Fundraiser: Stay Out of the Sun Run

May 09, 2026 ET

DC Miles for Melanoma 5K

May 09, 2026 ET

Together Against Melanoma: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Patient & Caregiver Symposium 

May 12, 2026 ET

Together Against Melanoma: Yale Cancer Center Patient & Caregiver Symposium

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