Brian Williams and Hope
March 9, 2012The online community for melanoma patients has been abuzz today about a report by Brian Williams on a patient who had a remarkable experience with melanoma. She was being treated with Yervoy, one of the two new drugs approved last year for metas …
EU Approves Zelboraf
February 21, 2012The MRF is delighted to learn that Zelboraf (vemurafenib) has been approved in the European Union for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Tests have shown that Ze …
Mom & Pop’s Selling Cancer
February 14, 2012The recent Congressional report on the way tanning salons market to teenagers is disturbing on a number of levels, though not particularly surprising. This is, after all, just the latest in a long line of stories about misleading and manip …
Fighting Dirty
February 8, 2012I read the report from Congress’ House Energy and Commerce Committee with great interest. They used interns to call 300 tanning salons—at least 3 in each state and the District of Columbia—and asked salon staff questions about t …
Statement from Timothy Turnham, Executive Director Melanoma Research Foundation Regarding House Energy and Commerce Report on Tanning Industry
February 1, 2012For Immediate Release: February 1, 2012 Contact: Berna Diehl Jones Public Affairs (202) 591-4045 [email protected] Statement from Timothy Turnham, Executive Director Melanoma Research Foundation Regarding House Energy and Commerce Report on T …
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