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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 |
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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Blogs |
July 9, 2020

Meet the Honoree: Dr. Stephanie Frankel

Meet Dr. Stephanie Frankel! This year the MRF is honoring Dr. Frankel with the Humanitarian Award at our 2020 Denver Virtual Gala on August 6th! Get to know more about ...

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Melanoma News |
July 7, 2020

Governor DeSantis of Florida Signs Sunscreen Bill

Washington, DC, July 7, 2020 – On June 29, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed Florida Senate Bill (SB) 172, which would overturn current and future bans and ot...

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Blogs |
June 11, 2020

A Commitment to Our Community

June 11, 2020 – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) was founded in 1996 by Diana Ashby, a young woman who was frustrated that, despite significant advances in othe...

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Blogs |
June 1, 2020

Meet the Researcher: Mai Nguyen

Mai Nguyen received her BA from Lafayette College in 2015. She is currently working towards her PhD and has been a member of Dr. Andrew Aplin’s Lab since March 2016....

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Blogs |
May 29, 2020

Melanoma Testing During the COVID Pandemic

Guest blog post by Micole Tuchman, MD. Dr. Tuchman is a practicing board-certified dermatologist in private practice in Manhattan as well as a voluntary attending at Lenox ...

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Melanoma News |
May 29, 2020

Ocular Melanoma – FDA Listening Session Report

May 29, 2020 – On January 27, 2020, the Melanoma Research Foundation’s (MRF) CURE OM initiative led by Senior Advocacy Officer Cassie Beisel conducted a first of its ki...

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Blogs |
May 20, 2020

New Legislation Introduced to Fund Ocular Melanoma...

Thursday, May 20, 2020 – This week new legislation was introduced in the North Carolina State Senate to fund further research into the incidence of ocular melanoma in the...

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Nov 02, 2025 ET

Atlanta Miles for Melanoma 5K

Nov 09, 2025 ET

MRF Brain Metastases Summit 4.0

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DC Wings of Hope Reception

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San Francisco Miles for Melanoma 5K

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Saint John’s Cancer Institute Patient & Caregiver Symposium

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