Blogs |
November 8, 2011
Washington, D.C. Melanoma Patient Community Celebr...
For Immediate Release: November 8, 2011 Contact: Jenni Glenn Brooke Gilchrist &nbs...
January 27, 2025
Press Release
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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 |
October 31, 2011
New Initiative Focuses on Ocular Melanoma
For Immediate Release: October 31, 2011 Contact: Berna Diehl &nb...
Blogs |
October 27, 2011
Third-Annual MelaNoMo’! Fundraiser raises ov...
The third annual MelaNoMo'! Fundraiser, held by Neil Gaines, raised over $30,000 for the Melanoma Research Foundation. Diagnosed at stage 3a in 2008, Neil teamed up wit...
Press Release |
October 24, 2011
Making the World Go Round
They say that money makes the world go round. That money talks. Certainly in the research field, money is the key to progress. We can truly say tha...
Melanoma News |
October 23, 2011
The Gift of Time
The answers came back fairly quickly: “Yes,” “Yes,” “Happy to participate,” “Glad to help,” We are...
Blogs |
October 12, 2011
A Man and His Daughter: A Chance to Make a Great ...
He was not what you would expect to see at an NFL game. It wasn’t the way he was dressed. After all, people put on the wackiest clothes for a game. ...
Blogs |
October 8, 2011
What is Truth?
The call came, as they often do, at night. This time it was a mother who has a teenage daughter battling melanoma. The family had seen three or four diff...
Blogs |
September 30, 2011
The Power of Two
When a doctor tells a patient they have cancer, they take great pains to explain the situation. The better docs will use lay-language and talk about treatment ...
Blogs |
September 9, 2011
In Isolation
I have been thinking lately about how melanoma can isolate people. Any life changing event does this to some degree. Have a baby, win the lottery, lose a job, l...
Blogs |
September 2, 2011
An Epidemic?
The American Academy of Dermatology just had their summer meeting and one of the speakers, Dr. Darrell Rigel, grabbed my attention with some alarming comments. We have know...
Blogs |
September 2, 2011
One More Question
I have written a couple of times about questions patients ask when first diagnosed with cancer: “Am I going to die?” “How did this happen?&rdq...
Blogs |
August 22, 2011
The Second Question
When someone is diagnosed with cancer, they have a lot of questions. The first question, as I mentioned recently, is this: “Am I going to die?” ...
Events & Fundraisers
Nov 22, 2025 PT
Saint John’s Cancer Institute Patient & Caregiver Symposium
