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 next meeting is the Society for Melanoma Research Meeting held October 10-13, 2024 in New Orleans, LA.

Past Meetings, Summaries & Publications

• Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA), a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a summary of the 2022 MRF Mucosal Melanoma meeting designed to increase collaboration amongst the mucosal melanoma community).
• Leptomeningeal Disease in Melanoma: An Update on the Developments in Pathophysiology and Clinical Care, a publication in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a summary of the leptomeningeal disease discussions during the 2021 MRF Third Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases).
• Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities, published in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research (a summary of the discussions during the 2021 MRF Third Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases).
• The State of Melanoma: Emergent Challenges and Opportunities, a publication in Clinical Cancer Research (summarizes new developments and discussions facing the melanoma community, discussed at a 2021 meeting).
• 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 (summarizes 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 (a summary of the leptomeningeal disease discussions during the 2018 MRF Second Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases).

• 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.