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FEATURED | May 1, 2025

Why I’m Getting Naked for Skin Health 

Guest blog post by Ian Michael Crumm, Celebrity Esthetician, Podcast Host, Key Opinion Leader, Melanoma Advocate and 2025 #GetNaked Spokesperson: Some moments stick with yo...

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May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: The Creation of Steve...

Guest blog from Steve Precker, stage IV melanoma survivor and founder of a top funding Miles for Melanoma team known as Steve’s Army:  In July 2019 I received the wo...

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May 3, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month – A Caregiver’...

Guest blog from Melissa Beisel, mother of Cassie Beisel who is the MRF’s Senior Advocacy Officer and the 2021 #GetNaked spokeswoman: “Worry never robs tomorrow of i...

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May 3, 2021

#GetNaked: MRF Staff Has Skin in the Game

Just when my life was taking off, I had to hand it over to an oncologist. My name is Cassie and I am the Senior Advocacy Officer at ...

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April 30, 2021

Melanoma Research Foundation Awarded GuideStar Pla...

The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF), the largest independent organization devoted to melanoma, has earned a Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recogniti...

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Melanoma News |
April 23, 2021

MRF’s 25th Anniversary: Encouraging Progress...

For our 25th anniversary, we share a guest blog from Richard D. Carvajal, MD from Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and recipient of the CURE O...

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April 16, 2021

In Memory of Christopher Charles Duffield

Guest blog from Chris Duffield’s best friend Mark and his support dog Ben: Christopher, known as Chris, was a friend, son and brother of the best kind. He always had ...

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Press Release |
March 30, 2021

Melanoma Research Foundation Announces Doug Brodma...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 30 – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF), the largest independent organization devoted to melanoma will celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2021. T...

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March 24, 2021

MRF 25th Anniversary: Managing Immunotherapy-Relat...

For our 25th anniversary, we share a guest blog from Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI, from Vanderbilt Medical Center and recipient of a research grant provided by the MRF/MRF ...

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Melanoma News |
March 12, 2021

Leading Skin Cancer Organizations Urge the FDA to ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) recently signed– on to a letter from the National Council of Skin Cancer Prevention (NCSCP) urging ...

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Melanoma News |
March 11, 2021

FDA Grants Alkermes Orphan Drug Designation for th...

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of mucosal melanoma to Alkermes’ investi...

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February 26, 2021

#EyeGetDilated: Alton Pace in Memory of Daryl Pace

Guest blog from Alton Pace in memory of his half-sister Daryl who passed away from ocular melanoma: “Take care of your eyeballs!” This is what my sister Daryl would oft...

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February 26, 2021

A Focus on Rare Melanoma Subtypes

Guest blog post from Mark Weinzierl, MRF board member and ocular melanoma survivor: My name is Mark Weinzierl and I am currently a board member of the Melanoma Research Fou...

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