MRF Endowment Brochure

Melanoma research breakthroughs have led to approvals in both targeted therapies for BRAF mutations and immunotherapy treatments for many cancers. Since the development of immunotherapy in the last 10 years, distant metastatic disease patients’ survival rates increased from 15% to over 50%. Fund Melanoma Research, Advance All Cancer Research Our mission is to eradicate melanoma by accelerating medical RESEARCH while EDUCATING and ADVOCATING for the melanoma community.

Since 2011, many new treatments for melanoma have become available that are given either alone or in combination, including the first treatment for ocular (eye) melanoma. To date, we have awarded almost $25 million in research grants across the disciplines of biology, immunology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment leading to patents, clinical trials and new FDA-approved treatments.

lung cancer & pleura mesothelioma

head & neck cancer

histiocytic cancer

squamous, merkel, & basal cell of skin

biliary cancer

gastric, colorectal, esophageal, & gastroesophageal junction cancers

thyroid cancer

colorectal cancer

ovarian cancer

hepatocellular & biliary cancer

Melanoma Research

Targeted Therapy

Immunotherapy

triple-negative breast cancer

lung cancer

MSH-H, dMMR or TMB-H solid tumors

renal & bladder cancer

pilocytic tumor of the brain

pediatric low-grade glioma

Hodgkins, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphomas

endometrial & cervical cancers

glioblastoma tumor of the brain

astrocytoma of the brain

Targeted and immunotherapies have been shown to be effective for advanced disease and in patients with brain metastases but also when given with curative intent in early stage disease as neoadjuvant before surgery and adjuvant therapy after surgery.

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