At 23, Jessica Plowman’s melanoma diagnosis changed everything. Her story highlights early detection, self-advocacy, and the power of support.| IMPACT Melanoma
The widespread misinformation regarding sunscreen is concerning. As the nation’s leading non-profit dedicated to significantly reducing the incidence of melanoma in the United States and saving lives, IMPACT Melanoma will not put its head in the sand and ignore the misinformation that risks lives, especially young lives. Use of sunscreen of SPF 30 or higher… Read More » The post The dangers of sunscreen misinformation are serious. appeared first on IMPACT Melanoma.| IMPACT Melanoma
Discover how the SUNucate Coalition, supported by IMPACT Melanoma, is driving legislation to allow sunscreen use in schools and camps without a doctor’s note—helping kids build sun-safe habits and reduce melanoma risk. Learn how you can support this vital cause.| IMPACT Melanoma
Discover how melanoma vaccines are gaining traction in the clinic and could soon become a treatment option for this deadly skin cancer.| Labiotech.eu
The American Society for Dermatological Surgery created the SUNucate Coalition to protect students from dangerous UV exposure while outdoors at school or at summer camps. The Coalition has been instrumental in raising awareness and advocating for common sense legislation to allow sunscreen to be brought to school or camp without the unnecessary need for a… Read More » The post Allow Sunscreen in Schools and Camps appeared first on IMPACT Melanoma.| IMPACT Melanoma
At 23, Jessica Plowman’s melanoma diagnosis changed everything. Her story highlights early detection, self-advocacy, and the power of support.| IMPACT Melanoma
Takeaways from ECOG-ACRIN trials presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting| ECOG-ACRIN Advocacy Blog
After losing her father to melanoma, Corina Lake turned grief into advocacy—raising awareness and running the Boston Marathon with Team IMPACT.| IMPACT Melanoma
A napfény, a meleg és a nedvesség ideális környezetet teremthetnek nemcsak szép élményeknek, hanem bőrproblémáknak is. A leggyakoribb nyári panaszok közé tartozik: – melanoma és bőrrák előjelei – gombás és bakteriális bőrfertőzések – napallergia, pigmentációs zavarok – leégés okozta irritációk Az időben történő diagnózis nagyban növeli a gyógyulás esélyét és csökkenti a súlyosabb szövődmények kockázatát. … A Mielőtt beköszönt a fo...|
Guilia Newton, a stage 4 melanoma survivor, is the ultimate IMPACT Melanoma advocate, running the 2024 New York City marathon for Team IMPACT and speaking out on how preventable melanoma can be. Now, knowing that 90% of skin melanoma is preventable, she wishes she’d adopted prevention strategies earlier in her life. Thinking back on sunburns… Read More » The post The Long Road to Health appeared first on IMPACT Melanoma.| IMPACT Melanoma
Seven ground-breaking findings from cancer clinical trials in 2024 by ECOG-ACRIN and PrECOG| ECOG-ACRIN Advocacy Blog
After her December college graduation, Flannery Burke was excited for the future during the spring of 2022. Living at home with her parents, her focus was solely on bettering herself, physically and mentally. During this time, she noticed an abnormal mole on her collar bone. She thought back to a high school health class and… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
ACI is currently enrolling patients in a multicenter, randomized, masked, placebo-controlled, clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a potential new treatment for canine chronic inflammatory enteropathy (also known as idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease or IBD). The post Dogs with Chronic Inflammatory Enteropathy appeared first on ACI Biosciences.| ACI Biosciences
Discover the inspiring journey of Rich Houston, who has run the Boston Marathon for 30 consecutive years, including nine extra Boston races. Learn how his commitment to running for IMPACT Melanoma aligns with his personal mission to raise awareness for melanoma prevention. Support his cause and dedication to this incredible feat.| IMPACT Melanoma
Bryan Gagnon is running Boston for maximum IMPACT The Whim In 2021, Bryan Gagnon signed up for the Chicago Marathon’s lottery on a whim. And like most things done on a whim, he didn’t think anything would come of it. His roommate, Charlie, an avid marathon runner, promised he’d never get picked. There was a… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
There are things most of us naturally do as adults that are not necessarily pleasant. But we do them as part of our preventive care routine: an annual physical, going to the dentist every 6 months, and getting a mammogram and a colonoscopy. As a fair-skinned, freckled woman, I had not yet had a skin… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
📄5mins. This report details a 62-year-old male's experience using Fenbendazole as a post-surgical treatment for Stage IV melanoma. This case highlights Fenbendazole's potential as a low-risk treatment for metastatic melanoma.| Fenbendazole resource
Fun in the Sun on the Rose Kennedy Greenway The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a beautiful park in Downtown Boston, an ongoing reminder of the transformation of this part of the city as an outcome of the Big Dig. For more than four years, Mass General Brigham has sponsored access to free sunscreen throughout Boston… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
Grace was diagnosed with Stage IV Melanoma in July of 2021. At the age of 34, she had “innumerable” tumors in her lungs, liver, spleen, bone and other areas. Initial treatments did not work, and the cancer was progressing. Genotyping determined that the tumors had the BRAF mutation (approximately 50% of people with melanoma have… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
Hoy se conmemora el Día Mundial del Melanoma, un tipo de cáncer de piel que surge cuando los melanocitos, células que producen melanina, crecen de forma descontrolada. Factores de riesgo: genética y exposición a la radiación UV Dos factores predisponen al melanoma: la genética y la exposición a radiación ultravioleta (UV). Familiares con melanoma aumentan […] The post Especial: Día Mundial contra el Melanoma first appeared on UNAM Global.| UNAM Global
This fully funded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial will assess a potential new treatment for oral melanoma in dogs.| ACI Biosciences