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FEATURED | May 1, 2026

Jason Chambers Teams Up with the Melanoma Researc...

Superyacht Captain, Star of Bravo’s “Below Deck Down Under” and Melanoma Advocate Urges All to Embrace Healthy Sun-Safe Behaviors and #GetNaked…It May Save Your...

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February 12, 2013

Knowledge is Power

Yesterday, the MRF hosted a live webinar focusing on how to manage melanoma treatment in a rapidly changing landscape. As we prepared for the webinar, I heard disturbing st...

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January 30, 2013

Children and Melanoma

Years ago I worked at a hospital for children, raising money for pediatric medical research. The importance of this work was evident every time I walked the halls of the ho...

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January 28, 2013

Eye Melanoma Initiative Secures Commitments to Fun...

For Immediate Release: January 28, 2013 Contact: Lauren Smith (202) 347-9675 LSmith@melaresearcstg.wpengine.com Eye Melanoma Initiative Secures Commitments to Fund $80...

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Blogs |
November 28, 2012

MRF Partners with USA Field Hockey and glōProfess...

  USA Field Hockey launches Sun Safe Play! Campaign glōProfessional and the Melanoma Research Foundation will partner in educational skin cancer initiative COLORADO S...

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Melanoma News |
November 8, 2012

FDA to Consider Patient Perspective in Drug Develo...

The FDA is launching a new program in which they will consider and incorporate the patient perspective into drug development.  They will choose 20 diseases for the pro...

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Events |
October 31, 2012

Washington, D.C. Melanoma Community Hosts Gala to ...

  Washington, D.C. – Melanoma, the fastest growing cancer in the U.S., claims the life of one person every hour. Fortunately, researchers have recently seen prog...

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October 29, 2012

Lessons in Good and Bad

Several years ago, country comedians Archie Campbell and Roy Clark made famous a sketch based on the phrases “that’s good” and “that’s bad&rdq...

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October 13, 2012

“Science” for Hire

The story is told of two friends walking down a country lane.  One was a merchant, the other a scientist.  The merchant looks into the adjacent field and comments...

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Blogs |
October 10, 2012

Bill Proposes Offering Exclusivity For Novel Drug ...

  On September 21, Members of Congress Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced a piece of legislation that has the potential t...

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Melanoma News |
October 5, 2012

Buying Cancer with Influence

We are in the middle of another election cycle and much of the conversation is on how much money is being spent on campaigns.  In this context, a recent blog by Leif V...

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Events |
October 4, 2012

Combination Therapy Act of 2012 Introduced –...

  Thanks to the hard work of Members of Congress Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Resolution 6502 – the Life-Threaten...

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September 26, 2012

Melanoma Research Foundation Provides Free Skin Ch...

  Dermatologist-led screenings help spot potential skin cancers early in athletes who often train in the sun WASHINGTON, D.C. — IRONMAN athletes expect to face m...

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