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Celebrating SYSF’s 15th Anniversary!
To celebrate 15 years of Save Your Skin Foundation, we’ve gathered a collection of the Foundation’s highlights, activities, and events from 2006 to 2021: And to mark Save Your…
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SYSF Webinar: Skin Cancer A-Z
Webinar Recording Available: “Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers From A-Z” with Dermatologist Thomas G. Salopek, MD FRCPC, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Alberta. This webinar helps…
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Giving Hope Gala Special Guest!
Hey our biggest Gala event is coming up…”Covid style”! Buy a ticket and come for some fun – $35 gets you in. This gala is all done on a virtual…
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COVID-19 Patient Impact Survey Report – Spring 2021
To follow up with our COVID-19 Impact Survey of April 2020, we ran a second survey from January – February 2021 to assess the continued impact of the pandemic on…
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Giving Hope Gala 2021
In Celebration of our 15th Anniversary, SYSF Presents the 2021 Giving Hope Gala! Join us for a fun, virtual gala experience in a custom world created just for us! We’ll…
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Recap of A Viking’s Challenge 2021
A Viking’s Challenge 2nd Edition ended yesterday and we couldn’t be more happy with how the weekend unfolded. In total, 64 people participated, running a combined total of 855 km,…
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What is Lymphedema?
Although we don’t often talk about it, Lymphedema is a common side effect of the surgery that many metastatic melanoma or non-melanoma skin cancer patients receive to remove nodal disease. …
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A Viking’s Challenge is Here!
Chris Isfeld and Shawn Bjornsson are getting ready for one epic weekend. On Saturday, March 6th, 2021, they’ll lace up their running shoes and set out to complete ‘A Viking’s…
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Young Winnipeg girl makes buttons for a good cause
A young Winnipeg girl named Drea has been busy during the pandemic making buttons for face masks. The ingenious buttons attach to your glasses to take the pressure off your…
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Global Coalition launches Skin Check App and Video
In response to the Covid pandemic, the Global Coalition for Melanoma Patient Advocacy has launched two skin self-exam tools to encourage individuals to perform skin self-examinations. In the fight against…
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Sun Safety in the Winter
The arrival of frosty weather prompts the annual changes from t-shirts to turtle necks and flip flops to boots. While cold lemonade is left behind for hot chocolate, one routine…
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New NCCN Guidelines: Survivorship
SYSF wishes to congratulate the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) on their new release of incredibly valuable patient/caregiver resources! Click on the links below to take a look at the new,…