We are pleased to announce that the winner of our 2020 Melanoma Awareness Month Drawing Contest is: Miley of Scotchlake, Nova Scotia! Her beautiful drawing will adorn the next edition of the SYSF t-shirt. Stay tuned for information on how to order your t-shirt. Miley will be receiving...
June 7th, 2020 is National Cancer Survivors Day! As Melanoma Awareness Month is so closely followed by National Cancer Survivors Day, which takes place on the first Sunday in June, the two occasions feel symbolically connected. May is a month wherein those...
WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MELANOMA ...
Prince George, British Columbia Marcel's journey is shared with us by his wife. Marcel’s journey with melanoma started in 2010 when we noticed that a pink, normal looking, healthy mole that he had all of his life had turned black. This mole...
Everyone has different support needs, especially in the context of a melanoma, ocular melanoma, or non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosis. Whether you are looking for community, information, or strategies for self-care, we have resources available for you. We encourage you to take a look through our...
Our friends at Euromelanoma, in collaboration with the Global Coalition for Melanoma Patient Advocacy (an initiative of the Melanoma Research Foundation, of which SYSF is a member) have launched a new campaign to encourage people to do monthly skin checks. The campaign encourages people to...
