On the first Thursday of every month, Save Your Skin Foundation hosts an evening support chat for patients, survivors and caregivers touched by melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, and ocular melanoma. These chats are open discussions about life after a cancer diagnosis, including sharing experiences with...
Save Your Skin has the opportunity to submit patient feedback to the pCODR process for the two treatments coming to the Adjuvant setting for Melanoma patients in Canada. To learn more about the drug approval process and our involvement as a patient representation group, please...
Updated 3-August-2018: Click HERE to find our full report from ASCO 2018! *** While we’re finishing up our report on the ASCO Annual Meeting 2018 in Chicago, we’d like to share with you some resources about trials that were discussed at an ASCO satellite meeting: Best of...
Once again, Save Your Skin attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, which took place from June 1-5 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The meeting brought together physicians and oncologists, pharmaceuticals, and patient advocates from all cancer types. ASCO, as an organization...
“I have mixed emotions on a regular basis. On one hand, I’m so happy and grateful because I found a treatment that is working, but on the other hand I have to live with the fear and anxiety for the rest of my life. It’s...
This week marks the beginning of our support of the Euro Melanoma campaign: The World Has A Skin Cancer Problem. While meeting with the Global Coalition for Melanoma Patient Advocacy last year in Australia in conjunction with the World Congress on Melanoma, we learned that the...
Save Your Skin Foundation is hosting the 2018 Giving Hope Gala and Auction to bring awareness to Melanoma Month, raise funds to support the work of the foundation and the patients we help, and to unify collaborative efforts of involved stakeholders nationwide. Thursday, May 10, 2018...
You can support the work of the foundation and help provide emotional and financial support to Canadian melanoma patients in need by attending our Giving Hope Gala & Auction. Enjoy buffet-style tapas and served hor d'oeuvres, while sipping on cocktails and nibbling decadent desserts - all while...
We have long known that monthly skin self-examination is an important piece of a vigilant routine for a healthy life. Everyone should check their own skin - and that of their loved ones - for any irregularities or atypical markings, lumps or bumps. Early detection...
In October I traveled to Brisbane, Australia to attend the 9th World Congress of Melanoma, a joint meeting with the Society for Melanoma Research. To be there as a melanoma patient was an incredible honour, and to be there as a representative of Save Your...
