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05/25/2022

COVID-19 Has Created a Backlog of Undiagnosed Cancers, Including Melanoma

By Erin Bekes In a study by Dr. Antoine Eskander and colleagues described in the Journal of the National Comprehensive…
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Melanoma Research
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05/25/2022

Part II In Plain English: When and How Melanoma Spreads to the Brain, and How it is Treated

By Kim Margolin, M.D., FACP, FASCO Background about melanoma and other malignancies involving the brain Of all the kinds of…
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In Plain English
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05/25/2022

Part I In Plain English—When, How, and Where Melanoma Spreads

By Kim Margolin, M.D., FACP, FASCO The vast majority of people diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma are cured by one or…
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In Plain English
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05/24/2022

International Advocate Spotlight: Claudia Piazza Cidonio

by Mara Klecker Most of Claudia Piazza Cidonio’s family studied medicine and went on to become doctors – something she…
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Friends, Family, & Caregivers
International Advocate Stories
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04/19/2022

Shannon Eberly, Stage IV Melanoma Survivor- Sharing is Everything

By Mara Klecker Shannon Eberly is fair-skinned and freckled, but she never had a mole on her skin that looked…
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Survivor Stories
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04/12/2022

Drawing Strength From Music

Music can play a powerful role in helping patients find strength and comfort both during and after treatment. In this…
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Podcast
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03/21/2022

Life After Loss: Lisa Huntley’s Life Has Come Full Circle

by Mara Klecker Lisa Huntley remembers walking out of the hospital without her husband, Grant, in 1994 and thinking to…
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Friends, Family, & Caregivers
Philanthropy
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03/19/2022

FDA Approves Opdualag (nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw) Fixed-Dose Combination as Treatment for Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

CONTACT: Samantha Guild President AIM at Melanoma Foundation 916/206-6100 SGuild@AIMatMelanoma.org March 19, 2022 (Richmond, California) Yesterday, Bristol Myers Squibb announced…
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Breaking News
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03/09/2022

Building Psychological Resilience in the Face of Hereditary Risk

Living with hereditary cancer risk can be extremely stressful for all cancer patients. In this episode, Dr. Karen Hurley shares…
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Podcast
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02/09/2022

Conversations About Immunotherapy and Caregiving

In this episode, Dr. Ray Liu and Melissa Wilson, PA-C, MPAS, Melanoma Lead at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and AIM’s…
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Podcast
05/25/2022

COVID-19 Has Created a Backlog of Undiagnosed Cancers, Including Melanoma

By Erin Bekes In a study by Dr. Antoine Eskander and colleagues described in the Journal of the National Comprehensive…
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Melanoma Research
05/25/2022

Part II In Plain English: When and How Melanoma Spreads to the Brain, and How it is Treated

By Kim Margolin, M.D., FACP, FASCO Background about melanoma and other malignancies involving the brain Of all the kinds of…
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In Plain English
05/25/2022

Part I In Plain English—When, How, and Where Melanoma Spreads

By Kim Margolin, M.D., FACP, FASCO The vast majority of people diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma are cured by one or…
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In Plain English
05/24/2022

International Advocate Spotlight: Claudia Piazza Cidonio

by Mara Klecker Most of Claudia Piazza Cidonio’s family studied medicine and went on to become doctors – something she…
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Friends, Family, & Caregivers
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International Advocate Stories
04/19/2022

Shannon Eberly, Stage IV Melanoma Survivor- Sharing is Everything

By Mara Klecker Shannon Eberly is fair-skinned and freckled, but she never had a mole on her skin that looked…
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Survivor Stories
04/12/2022

Drawing Strength From Music

Music can play a powerful role in helping patients find strength and comfort both during and after treatment. In this…
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Podcast
03/21/2022

Life After Loss: Lisa Huntley’s Life Has Come Full Circle

by Mara Klecker Lisa Huntley remembers walking out of the hospital without her husband, Grant, in 1994 and thinking to…
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Friends, Family, & Caregivers
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Philanthropy
03/19/2022

FDA Approves Opdualag (nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw) Fixed-Dose Combination as Treatment for Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

CONTACT: Samantha Guild President AIM at Melanoma Foundation 916/206-6100 SGuild@AIMatMelanoma.org March 19, 2022 (Richmond, California) Yesterday, Bristol Myers Squibb announced…
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Breaking News
03/09/2022

Building Psychological Resilience in the Face of Hereditary Risk

Living with hereditary cancer risk can be extremely stressful for all cancer patients. In this episode, Dr. Karen Hurley shares…
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Podcast
02/09/2022

Conversations About Immunotherapy and Caregiving

In this episode, Dr. Ray Liu and Melissa Wilson, PA-C, MPAS, Melanoma Lead at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and AIM’s…
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Podcast