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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 |
September 15, 2020

Novartis Know Now: Knowing Her BRAF Status was Jor...

Meet Jordan Ezekiel – a melanoma survivor who was able to benefit from early testing for the BRAF gene mutation. Learn more about Jordan’s incredible journey with m...

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Blogs |
September 14, 2020

Sibling Feelings on Pediatric Melanoma

Guest blogs from Dominic and Patrick Little, brothers of pediatric melanoma warrior Dylan.  Written by Dominic Little, age 12 My brother Dylan was born with a rare ski...

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Blogs |
September 14, 2020

Dylan’s Story: Living with Pediatric Melanom...

Guest blog from Kara Little, mother of pediatric melanoma warrior Dylan.  As I sit here and watch my 8-year-old son Dylan practice baseball, I’m reminded that at one...

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Blogs |
September 3, 2020

Landon’s Story: Living with Childhood Cancer

Guest blog post by Landon Agosta, a pediatric melanoma survivor:  My name is Landon Agosta and I am from Marine City, MI. I have four siblings, two older and two ...

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Blogs |
September 3, 2020

A Father’s Perspective: Fighting Melanoma To...

Guest blog post by Joe Agosta, father of pediatric melanoma survivor Landon:  We are the Agosta family: Joe and Amanda, along with our five boys, Collin, Kaden, Landon...

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Blogs |
September 2, 2020

MRF Breakthrough Consortium Welcomes Fox Chase Can...

Washington, DC, September 2, 2020 – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is pleased to announce that Fox Chase Cancer Center has been selected as the newest member ...

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Blogs |
August 31, 2020

Meet the Doctor: Dr. Vernon Sondak

Meet Dr. Vernon Sondak! This year the MRF is excited to have Dr. Sondak participate in our 2020 Virtual Pediatric Melanoma Summit from September 21-25, 2020 to help spread ...

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Blogs |
August 31, 2020

What is Pediatric Melanoma?

Guest blog by Vernon Sondak, MD and Jane L. Messina, MD from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Sondak will be presenting at our...

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Melanoma News |
August 28, 2020

FDA Approves Foundation Medicine’s Foundatio...

Washington, DC, August 28, 2020 – This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Foundation Medicine, Inc.’s comprehensive pan-tumor liquid biopsy tes...

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Melanoma News |
July 31, 2020

FDA Approves Atezolizumab to Treat BRAF V600 Unres...

Washington, DC, July 31, 2020 – On July 30, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Genentech, Inc.) in combination with cobimetinib...

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Blogs |
July 21, 2020

House Appropriations Committee Includes $20 millio...

Washington, DC, July 21, 2020 – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) commends the House Appropriations Committee for including $20 million for Department of Defense (D...

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Blogs |
July 13, 2020

House Appropriations Committee Approves Funding fo...

Washington, DC, July 13, 2020 – Today the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations ...

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Ask the Expert: Mucosal Melanoma – Current and Emerging Treatments, Research and Patient Perspectives

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