Scientific Meetings

The MRF convenes various scientific meetings each year either in response to an unmet need, as designated by our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) or to further the CURE OM, MRFBC, and/or MRF Scientific Initiatives.

Upcoming Meetings

• The ASCO Annual Meeting will be on June 2-6, 2023 in Chicago, IL. The MRF Breakthrough Consortium (MRFBC) will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with the ASCO Meeting, with more details to follow.
• The 20th Anniversary Society for Melanoma Research Congress will be on November 6-9, 2023 in Philadelphia, PA. The MRF’s CURE OM initiative will host the annual OM Science Meeting in conjunction with the SMR Congress, with more details to follow.

Past Meetings, Summaries & Publications

• Increasing Collaboration in the Mucosal Melanoma Community, a hybrid meeting for both investigators as well as patient and caregivers was held on Friday, December 16 at Columbia University in New York City. Virtual participation will also be available. Click here to view advocate testimonials from the meeting.

• Improving Access to & Equity of Melanoma Prevention & Care, a hybrid meeting for investigators was held on Friday, November 18, 2022 in Chicago, IL. Virtual participation was also available.

• The CURE OM Global Science Meeting was held on Monday, October 17, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland in conjunction with the Society for Melanoma Research International Congress.

• The latest MRF Breakthrough Consortium Virtual Meeting was held on June 3, 2022 in conjunction with the ASCO Annual Meeting.

• Melanoma Brain Metastases Summit 3.0: to build upon the momentum of the first two summits, a third summit was held to focus on four key areas: preclinical studies/models, characterization of risk for CNS disease including tumor microenvironment and metabolism, clinical care and trials, and leptomeningeal disease. The meeting produced a white paper entitled Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities, published in the journal Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research.

• The State of Melanoma: Emergent Challenges and Opportunities a publication in Clinical Cancer Research summarizing summarizing new developments and discussions at the second MRF Brain Metastases Summit.

• The Latest on Uveal Melanoma Research and Clinical Trials: Updates from the Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Science Meeting (2019) a publication in Clinical Cancer Research summarizing the latest developments in ocular melanoma (OM) research and science discussed at the 2019 CURE OM Science Meeting.

• Leptomeningeal Disease in Melanoma Patients: An Update to Treatment, Challenges, and Future Directions, a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, is a summary of the leptomeningeal disease discussions during the 2018 MRF Second Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases.

• Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a summary of the 2018 MRF Second Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases).

• The State of Melanoma: Challenges and Opportunities a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a 2016 manuscript stemming from discussions amongst the MRF Scientific Advisory Council and the MRF Breakthrough Consortium).

• Melanoma central nervous system metastases: current approaches, challenges and opportunities a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a summary of the 2015 MRF First Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases). A lay summary of this publication is also available.

• Biology of Advanced Uveal Melanoma and Next Steps for Clinical Therapeutics a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a 2015 manuscript resulting from a joint effort between CURE Ocular Melanoma and the National Cancer Institute)

Please contact the MRF at [email protected] if interested in obtaining more information on either future or past MRF scientific meetings.