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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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August 2, 2017

Indoor Tanning Association Ends Operations

Statement from the Melanoma Research Foundation This week, the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) announced that it will cease operations and dissolve the organization. For d...

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June 15, 2017

FY17 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Announc...

The MRF is pleased to report that the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) announcements—the Career Development Award, Idea Award with Special Focus, and the...

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June 2, 2017

Update on the CURE OM Patient Registry

“As a patient with choroidal melanoma with metastasis to liver, lymph node and brain, I want to share as much information as possible with other patients, researchers...

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May 8, 2017

In Faith’s Words: Connecting with the OM Com...

My name is Faith Hauss and in February of 2015 I was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in my left eye at the age of 42. As compared to other forms of cancer, and even the more...

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May 1, 2017

Melanoma Awareness Month and a New Look for the M...

Dear Friends, Today marks the beginning of Melanoma Awareness Month, a time for our community to come together to educate others and support melanoma survivors and patients...

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April 20, 2017

MRF Statement on Sunscreen in Schools

Statement from the Melanoma Research Foundation Earlier this week, NBC’s Today Show ran an important story about the use of sunscreen in schools and the difficulty many p...

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April 19, 2017

Take Action: Students Need Sunscreen at School

Yesterday, both the Today Show and NBC Nightly News broadcast stories about a disturbing prohibition of sunscreen in schools and the difficulty many parents have in ensurin...

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April 5, 2017

#GetNaked in Times Square!

We are excited to announce that the MRF’s #GetNaked campaign for melanoma early detection is now being shared in one of the busiest locations in the world – Tim...

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March 21, 2017

Take Action: Stop the NIH Budget Cuts

The newly proposed federal budget would cut $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget in fiscal year (FY) 2018, which would be a crippling blow ...

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March 8, 2017

In Melissa’s Words: Why I Support the MRF

There are four words that no one can prepare you for in life. When I was 31 years old I found a small lump on the left side of my neck. Two doctors and many friends and fam...

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January 27, 2017

In J.B.’s Words: A Face of Mucosal Melanoma

J.B. Ward is one of the 1% of melanoma patients with mucosal melanoma. She and the MRF have partnered to raise money for an educational video of mucosal melanoma patients t...

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December 14, 2016

Resolving to Fight Melanoma: Loree’s Year-En...

I want to give generously to working toward an end to malignant melanoma because, I believe, getting a handle on this most rapidly mutating form of cancer is going to unloc...

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Oct 16, 2025 ET

5th Annual #GetNakedJax

Oct 16, 2025 ET

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

Oct 18, 2025 ET

San Diego Miles for Melanoma 5K

Oct 25, 2025 ET

CURE OM Global Science Meeting

Oct 30, 2025 ET

24th Annual New York Gala

Oct 30, 2025 ET

Ask The Expert: Minimal Residual Disease Testing in Melanoma Management

Nov 02, 2025 ET

Atlanta Miles for Melanoma 5K

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