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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 |
April 5, 2011

EPIC FAIL

To say that a patient failed a treatment is to use fairly common jargon in describing a situation in which the patient is no longer benefitting from that treatment.  T...

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Blogs |
April 5, 2011

Where the Sun Don’t Shine

About 2/3 of melanomas are caused by exposure to UV radiation.  Often the damage is done in the days of our youth, and only manifested later in life.  So if peopl...

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Melanoma News |
March 25, 2011

Yervoy Approval in the News

The melanoma community has waited a long time for a breakthrough. See what MRF and patients have had to say about the FDA's decision on Yervoy:   F.D.A. Approves D...

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Events |
March 25, 2011

FDA Approval of New Melanoma Therapy Changes Lands...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Thirteen years of waiting is now over for melanoma patients. That’s how long it’s been since the last therapy became available to treat t...

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Melanoma News |
March 25, 2011

A Hero Called “ipi”

The news is not a surprise.  We have been waiting for it for days.  Maybe years.  I was sitting in my office this morning when the phone rang.  On the l...

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Blogs |
March 11, 2011

New Tool Helps Melanoma Patients Explore Cutting-E...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Most melanoma patients never hear about the most cutting edge treatments available to them.  That’s because some of the most innovative a...

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Blogs |
February 4, 2011

Study Finds News Hope for Prevention of Melanoma

The MRF is committed to funding research for finding new treatments that will make a meaningful impact on survival for melanoma patients and understanding ways to improve p...

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Blogs |
February 2, 2011

Oncology & Biotech News Examines Patient Resp...

There’s been much buzz about the new Showtime series, “The Big C” and the portrayal of cancer on the show.  But what do melanoma patients think about...

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Blogs |
January 20, 2011

Increased Access for Promising New Melanoma Drug

Amy Harmon, a reporter for The New York Times spoke with the Melanoma Research Foundation’s executive director, Tim Turnham about the promising results and increased ...

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Press Release |
January 20, 2011

Melanoma Patient and Memorial Efforts Fuel Advance...

WASHINGTON— For years, researchers in the melanoma field have worked tirelessly against funding shortfalls, a shortage of researchers and the complexities of the dise...

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Blogs |
January 19, 2011

Linney Wins Golden Globe For Role as Melanoma Pati...

The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) was pleased to see Laura Linney’s portrayal of a woman with advanced melanoma honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Associatio...

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Melanoma News |
January 13, 2011

Pharmawire Examines New FDA Guidelines on Combina...

Pharmawire recently featured this article on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) newly released draft guidelines for the co-development of combination thera...

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