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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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Melanoma News |
March 31, 2014

Melanoma & Technology

Here at the MRF, we talk a lot about skin checks. The message is clear: if you see something that is different or changing, get it checked out.   Of course, it isn&rsq...

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Melanoma News |
March 14, 2014

The MRF and PASS Coalition Applaud Introduction of...

    Public Access to SunScreens (PASS) Coalition Applauds Introduction of the Sunscreen Innovation Act Reed-Isakson-Whitfield-Dingell Legislation Would Speed Up F...

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Blogs |
March 6, 2014

Your Action Needed: Help Secure Millions of Dollar...

With your help, we can increase federal funding for melanoma research.

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Blogs |
February 26, 2014

Mission vs. Business

I had coffee recently with a woman who has a family member with pediatric melanoma. “No one is doing anything about this,” she told me. No one has built a websi...

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Blogs |
February 21, 2014

The MRF Works with Congress to Secure $10 Million ...

Melanoma along with 11 other cancers are eligible to compete for $25 million in program funding.

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Press Release |
January 31, 2014

Guest Post: Running Against Melanoma

The MRF’s National Director of the Miles for Melanoma Program, Carolyn Edrington, shares her thoughts on charity running and the role it plays in making a difference ...

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Blogs |
January 17, 2014

The MRF Partners with Cancer Commons to Launch Onl...

The Melanoma Research Foundation and Cancer Commons announce the launch of the Donate Your Data Program, an online patient registry to advance research for a cure.

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Events |
January 16, 2014

The New York Times & Cancer Survival

The MRF’s Executive Director shares his thoughts on the recent controversy involving a New York Times’ editor and his criticism of breast cancer patient Lisa Ad...

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Melanoma News |
January 13, 2014

WUSA-TV Interview Regarding FDA Approval of First ...

On January 9, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first-ever combination therapy for the treatment of advanced melanoma. WUSA9 (Washington, D.C.'s...

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Blogs |
January 8, 2014

FDA Approves First Combination Therapy for Advance...

Today the FDA issued the first-ever approval of a drug combination for the treatment of melanoma.

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Blogs |
January 6, 2014

Guest Post: A Promise to My Daughter

Our Education Program Manager Shelby Moneer writes, “I’d always heard that ‘everything changes when you have a baby.’ While I expected that to be true, ...

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Blogs |
December 11, 2013

NYC Department of Health Votes to Regulate Tanning...

Today the NYC Board of Health approved new rules regulating indoor tanning facilities.

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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

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Ask The Expert: Minimal Residual Disease Testing in Melanoma Management

Nov 02, 2025 ET

Atlanta Miles for Melanoma 5K

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