Promotes research, education, and advocacy and to find a cure for melanoma.
Melanoma Research Foundation
Educates public on prevention and early detection, coordinates local screening and education programs, and offersa toll-free patient/family hotline.
Melanoma Research International
Works to increase public awareness and teach people how to recognize the early signs of skin cancer.
The Skin Cancer Foundation

Skin

BREAKING NEWS

BY NICOLE LEBRASSEUR, PHD AND HEATHER L. VAN EPPS, PHD

New therapies for melanoma exploit biological insights to combat this dangerous skin cancer.

BY MONICA ZANGWILL, MD

Treating and preventing the nation's most common cancer.

BY CURTIS PESMEN

Answers to the treatment debate for actinic keratosis, a precancerous growth on the skin.

BY SUSAN PECK, PHD

Skin cancers are almost always visible and easy to detect--if you're looking for them.

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

A new organization aims to strike back at melanoma by developing the first-ever international melanoma tissue bank.

BY PAUL ENGSTROM

Newer and better supportive care days to control side effects are making treatments easier for patients.