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06/13/2019

Firefighter Diagnosed with Melanoma Spreads Awareness to Save Lives

By Vallerie A. Malkin Like most public safety personnel, firefighter Seth Bice is used to taking charge of a situation…
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05/09/2019

What I Want You To Know About Melanoma: Words of Wisdom From a Melanoma Survivor

I was first diagnosed with Stage III melanoma when I was 22 years old. I was a high school and…
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Survivor Stories
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03/19/2019

Suzanne Lescure: One Woman, One Eye, One Extraordinary Survivor

By Vallerie A. Malkin Suzanne Lescure has always felt lucky. She has a devoted husband. She was able to stay…
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01/14/2019

Tanya Lafontaine, Melanoma Survivor: “I’ve Got This”

by Vallerie A. Malkin Tanya Lafontaine is a 45-year-old mother, fitness professional, and Stage IV melanoma survivor.  She is here to…
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04/26/2018

Jonathan Swingle, The Mucosal Melanoma Warrior

  2009 was not a good year for Jonathan Swingle. Multiple nosebleeds led Jonathan to seek his doctor’s help, which…
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Survivor Stories
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06/27/2018

For Tracy Welge, The Cure is in The Bag

  Meet Tracy Welge, a 41-year-old wife, mother, and melanoma survivor from Naperville, Illinois. Two melanoma diagnoses, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a…
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04/27/2018

Sketching Her Way Through Metastatic Melanoma

  By Alicia Rowell, Vice President, AIM at Melanoma Nearly every melanoma patient or survivor that AIM has met has a coping…
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Survivor Stories
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04/26/2018

Even America’s Heroes Get Melanoma

  Meet Army Reserve veteran Erin Ball, who served eight years, including a tour in Iraq in 2004.  She was…
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Survivor Stories
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03/07/2018

Melanoma Does Not Define Rebecca Berger

  Rebecca Berger is a 27-year-old pediatric oncology nurse practitioner who has struggled with her own cancer.  Diagnosed with melanoma in 2013, she lives in…
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Survivor Stories
06/13/2019

Firefighter Diagnosed with Melanoma Spreads Awareness to Save Lives

By Vallerie A. Malkin Like most public safety personnel, firefighter Seth Bice is used to taking charge of a situation…
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Survivor Stories
05/09/2019

What I Want You To Know About Melanoma: Words of Wisdom From a Melanoma Survivor

I was first diagnosed with Stage III melanoma when I was 22 years old. I was a high school and…
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Survivor Stories
03/19/2019

Suzanne Lescure: One Woman, One Eye, One Extraordinary Survivor

By Vallerie A. Malkin Suzanne Lescure has always felt lucky. She has a devoted husband. She was able to stay…
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Survivor Stories
01/14/2019

Tanya Lafontaine, Melanoma Survivor: “I’ve Got This”

by Vallerie A. Malkin Tanya Lafontaine is a 45-year-old mother, fitness professional, and Stage IV melanoma survivor.  She is here to…
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Survivor Stories
04/26/2018

Jonathan Swingle, The Mucosal Melanoma Warrior

  2009 was not a good year for Jonathan Swingle. Multiple nosebleeds led Jonathan to seek his doctor’s help, which…
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Survivor Stories
06/27/2018

For Tracy Welge, The Cure is in The Bag

  Meet Tracy Welge, a 41-year-old wife, mother, and melanoma survivor from Naperville, Illinois. Two melanoma diagnoses, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Philanthropy
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Survivor Stories
04/27/2018

Sketching Her Way Through Metastatic Melanoma

  By Alicia Rowell, Vice President, AIM at Melanoma Nearly every melanoma patient or survivor that AIM has met has a coping…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Survivor Stories
04/26/2018

Even America’s Heroes Get Melanoma

  Meet Army Reserve veteran Erin Ball, who served eight years, including a tour in Iraq in 2004.  She was…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Survivor Stories
03/07/2018

Melanoma Does Not Define Rebecca Berger

  Rebecca Berger is a 27-year-old pediatric oncology nurse practitioner who has struggled with her own cancer.  Diagnosed with melanoma in 2013, she lives in…
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