MRF Stewardship Report Vol 4 - Fall 2020

Research

PARTNERSHIPS AND PUBLICATIONS

Regular meetings of scientific leadership, including MRF Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Pediatric Melanoma Steering Committee, Mucosal Melanoma Steering Committee and CURE OM Registry Steering Committee.

Brain Metastases Summit 2.0 held in February 2018 prior to the National Cancer Institute Melanoma SPORE meeting at Moffitt Cancer Center; second publication entitled “Leptomeningeal Disease in Melanoma Patients: An Update to Treatment, Challenges, and Future Directions” recently published

in Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31916400/

Patients and caregivers join the grant review process for second year.

Second Brain Metastases Summit held prior to the National Cancer Institute Melanoma SPORE meeting at Moffitt Cancer Center. Planning is underway for a third summit to be held in 2021.

MRF BREAKTHROUGH CONSORTIUM (MRFBC) CONVENED ANNUAL MEETING VIRTUALLY DURING THE ASCO20 ANNUAL MEETING.

Following annual meeting at 2019 Society for Melanoma Research Meeting, white paper in development titled “The State of Melanoma: Emergent Challenges and Opportunities.”

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