In Melissa’s Words: Why I Support the MRF
March 8, 2017There 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 family told me it was nothing. My body and my mind were telling me otherwise. Unfor …
MRF’s CURE OM Initiative Welcomes Jacqueline Kraska
October 6, 2016One of the central challenges with studying a rare disease is that there is little information available. Ocular melanoma (OM) is a rare disease, with only about 2,000 individuals diagnosed each year. To-date it has been difficult for the medical commu …
In Linda’s Words: 5th Annual CURE OM Eyes on a Cure Symposium
March 24, 2016Melanoma has been a part of my life since 2004. November 2004 I was diagnosed with Stage I cutaneous (skin) melanoma and in January 2008 I was diagnosed with ocular melanoma (OM). In March 2008 I had plaque brachytherapy treatment to treat the tumor in …
Taking Ed’s Melanoma Fight to Capitol Hill
February 22, 2016I was first diagnosed with melanoma in 1996. Thanks to my primary care doctor, who identified an irregular mole on my back during a routine physical, and my dermatologist, Dr. Glenn Fuchs, who biopsied then removed the mole, it was identified very earl …
Moses – #GivingTuesday 2015
December 1, 2015#GivingTuesday is almost over but it’s not too late to give a gift to the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) to help stop melanoma in its path. Christy and Dan share why they support the MRF and their fellow pediatric melanoma families. #GivingTuesday …
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