MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND PALE GIRL SPEAKS HOST MILES FOR MELANOMA RUN/WALK AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
March 15, 2012Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, California, March 15, 2012 The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) and Pale Girl SPEAKS announced today that they will partner in hosting a 5K run/walk on the Universal Studios backlot in Hollywood, California. …
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 …
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