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Announcing a new treatment for melanoma, along with two infographics (on Immuno-oncology and Melanoma), and new animated videos on cancer and immuno-oncology!

Announcing a new treatment for melanoma, along with two infographics (on Immuno-oncologY and Melanoma), and new animated videos on cancer and immuno-oncology!

Today, it was announced that KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) received approval for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma who have not received prior treatment with ipilimumab. KEYTRUDA is now the first and only anti-PD1 agent approved for first-line treatment regardless of BRAF mutation status.

A press release announcing this news was released earlier today and can be read here. The multi-media press release was issued with two infographics (on Immuno-oncology and Melanoma), and new animated videos on cancer and immuno-oncology.

We are also pleased to share to new amazing Patient Voice videos. We are continuously inspired by Save Your Skin Foundation patients, Mike and Pierre, who generously shared their stories for these videos.

Meet Mike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzCpNI7Huc8

Meet Pierre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRdRboekYg

You can also see previous videos with Mike and Pierre on our I’m Living Proof website.

We are sharing all of this with you during an important time of year for skin cancer. Today marks the last day of Melanoma Awareness Month and it is the eve of International Cancer Immunotherapy Month (June). Save Your Skin Foundation will also be working to create further awareness of Sun Awareness Week (June 6-12) and National Cancer Survivor Day, which takes place on Sunday, June 5th.

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National Sun Awareness Week 2015

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Sun Awareness Week helps to educate Canadians about dangers of excessive sun exposure— and helps to reduce the incidence of skin cancer in the country.

This year’s Sun Awareness Week will take place Monday, June 1 to Sunday, June 7, 2015, and will be marked by a number of events and activities, including:

Even if you can’t partake in any sun awareness activities this week, we hope you will help us to continue helping others by donating today. Every dollar counts. By making a contribution to Hike for Hope, you are helping us make melanoma survivorship a reality.

The biggest message we can get out during this year’s National Sun Awareness Week is that everyone needs to be ‘SUN AWARE‘! Avoiding skin damage from UV rays is the most important thing we can do.

The damage that leads to adult skin cancers starts in childhood and teenage years, as people are likely to receive about 80% of their lifetime sun exposure during the first 18 years of life. No Tan is a Safe Tan.

On the Save Your Skin website, we have listed resources for all topics under the sun (pun intended). Please visit our prevention page to find out how you can stay sun aware this summer. Topics include:

 

 

 

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