Rare Disease Day is held on the last day of February every year to raise awareness of rare diseases. February 29, 2020 will be the 13th international Rare Disease Day. On and around this day hundreds of patient organisations from countries and regions all over...
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...
The 4th annual #EyeGetDilated campaign kicks off November 1st! Throughout the month, CURE OM, an initiative of Melanoma Research Foundation in the United States, will be utilizing social media, guest blogs, videos and more to promote and educate about the importance of eye health and encourage...
The 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting took place from May 31-June 4, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. This event brings together over thirty thousand oncologists, pharmaceutical representatives, and patient advocates from across the world and across cancer types for five days of networking,...
We are happy to share with you the launch of chapter 1 of a new Uveal Melanoma Disease Education Campaign website by Immunocore, thinkuvealmelanoma.com. (Note: Please use Google Chrome for the best user experience). We are pleased to endorse this website and to share it...
May is Melanoma Awareness Month May is Melanoma Awareness Month and it's the perfect time of year to review a few easy steps we can all take to Be Sun Safe! Spread Awareness Join us in spreading the word about Melanoma Month by using one of our facebook...
February 28th is International Rare Disease Day ~ #OcularMelanoma...
Friday, February 15, 2019 10am EST | 7am PST With Presenters: Dr. Marcus Butler, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dr. Omid Hamid, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Los Angeles, California Nigel Deacon, Ocular Melanoma Survivor/Patient, British Columbia, Canada This webinar provides an update on the landscape of...
Ocular Melanoma - Innovative Treatments and Beyond With Presenters: Dr. Marcus Butler, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dr. Omid Hamid, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Los Angeles, California Nigel Deacon, Ocular Melanoma Survivor/Patient, British Columbia, Canada This webinar provides an update on the landscape of metastatic ocular...
For the past year, Save Your Skin Foundation has been working with ocular melanoma (OM) survivor and advocate Nigel Deacon, to improve OM patient care across the country. Together we created a survey and resulting report in order to gain insight into the Canadian OM...
