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Download the UV Canada App to Step Up your Sun Safety!
With warm Summer weather approaching, the UV Canada application (available for iPhone and Android) should be a fixture on your phone! UV Canada is a free app jointly developed…
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Celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day with Patients Who Know: #CancerChanged
Diagnosed with advanced melanoma in August 2015, Lyall Woznesensky has learned that every minute of every day is precious, and he thanks his family and friends for their care and…
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Save Your Skin Foundation in Ottawa
On Monday, May 29, 2017, Kathleen Barnard was invited to attend the recognition of Save Your Skin Foundation in the House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her dedication to patient…
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Federal Health Minister Vows to Lower High Drug Costs for Canadians
Federal Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott made headlines this week with her vow to lower “unacceptably high drug costs” for Canadians. Save Your Skin Foundation was in Ottawa to attend…
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May is Melanoma Awareness Month
Approximately 6,800¹ Canadians will have been diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer in the year that has passed since it was last Melanoma Awareness Month. Many have lost their battle with…
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Patient Story: Lana Manson
My name is Lana Manson. I am forty-nine years old and have been happily married for twenty-six years to a loving, caring man named David. We have four busy and…
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February Conference Recap: Canadian Melanoma Conference and ASCO SITC
As February comes to a close, we’d like to look back on the conferences we attended this month: the Canadian Melanoma Conference and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting…
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Happy Valentines and Family Day from SYSF!
#ifyoulovethemcheckthem It was shortly after Valentine’s Day three years ago that my 11-year old daughter told our family physician that I had an ugly mole I was neglecting. This action…
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Letter from the President of the Save Your Skin Foundation
Happy new year! We are delighted to announce that the Save Your Skin Foundation is now officially ten years old! It has been an incredible honour to represent melanoma patients,…
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Save Your Skin Attends ECCO!
From January 27-30th, 2017, the Save Your Skin Foundation attended the European CanCer Organisation Congress (ECCO2017) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands! ECCO is a conference based in European cancer care delivery,…
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A Letter to Santa from the Save Your Skin Foundation
Dear Santa, We hope you have had a good year! You’re probably busy getting things ready for Christmas, and we’ve been busy over here at the Save Your Skin Foundation…
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Save Your Skin and Giving Tuesday
On November 29th, Giving Tuesday is coming to Canada! A compliment to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a day that stimulates the community instead of the economy…