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FEATURED | September 11, 2025

Jason Chambers Headlines the Melanoma Research Fou...

Superyacht Captain, TV Personality, Melanoma Patient and Advocate Poised to Emcee Event Honoring the Melanoma Community  New York City, NY (September 11, 2025) – The...

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Blogs |
May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: The Evolution of Sun Saf...

Guest blog from Rebecca Dreman, Miss America 1974 and stage IV melanoma survivor:  I have had a front row seat watching the evolution of sun safety among young women. When...

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Blogs |
May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: A Mother and Daughter...

Guest blog from Rachael Payne, a stage IIIb melanoma survivor and mother of Delilah-Anne, a spitzoid melanoma survivor:  My name is Rachael and I am 36 years old. I have t...

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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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Blogs |
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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Blogs |
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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Blogs |
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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Blogs |
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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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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Blogs |
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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