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Mucosal Melanoma Awareness – Kasey L. Couts, PhD

March 14, 2024

Guest blog post by Kasey L. Couts, PhD, Assistant Professor, Co-Director, CU Center for Rare Melanomas, Assistant Director, CU Skin Cancer Biorepository at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Mucosal melanoma only accounts for ~1% of all ma …



How YES-CAN! Can Help Kids Learn About Sun Safety

June 22, 2021

Guest blog from Lori Crane, PhD, MPH, a 2016 MRF Donor Directed Award from the University of Colorado, Denver:  As melanoma rates have soared over the past 100 years, so has our knowledge of how to prevent it. 100 years ago, we didn’t know that wearing …



In Memory of Christopher Charles Duffield

April 16, 2021

Guest blog from Chris Duffield’s best friend Mark and his support dog Ben: Christopher, known as Chris, was a friend, son and brother of the best kind. He always had a hand out to support a friend or family member and a kind word to say to all. He live …



MRF 25th Anniversary: Managing Immunotherapy-Related Treatment Side Effects

March 24, 2021

For our 25th anniversary, we share a guest blog from Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI, from Vanderbilt Medical Center and recipient of a research grant provided by the MRF/MRF Breakthrough Consortium:  “Patient with metastatic melanoma” – these words carri …



Developing More Effective Treatments for Ocular Melanoma

November 22, 2019

SKCC Research Discoveries Translate to More Effective Treatments for Ocular Melanoma Guest blog post by Andrew Aplin, PhD, Associate Director for Basic Science and the Program Leader for Cancer Cell Biology and Signaling (CCBS) in the NCI-designated Si …