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  • 7200 Miles for 7200 Lives Lost: Cycling and Community Building After a Melanoma Diagnosis

    Last year in the US, there were an estimated 7,180 deaths from melanoma. For melanoma patient and competitive cyclist Bill Evans, this number is on his mind every single day. Two years into his own journey with advanced melanoma, Bill is raising awareness and funds for melanoma research through cycling, with a goal of completing one mile for every life lost to the disease over the course of a year.

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  • What Melanoma Patients Need to Know about Opdualag

    You may have heard of Opdualag, a new therapy that recently earned FDA approval for advanced melanoma. Opdualag, which combines two different immunotherapies into one medicine, is earning attention as an effective – and more easily tolerated – combination therapy.

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  • New Research Says Combination Immunotherapy Should be First-Line Therapy for Patients with BRAF-mutant Melanoma

    While all patients with advanced melanoma can be treated with checkpoint immunotherapies, patients with tumors containing the BRAF mutation can also be treated with targeted therapies. However, until now, doctors have had little prospective data to determine which treatment approach should be started first. A new study led by Dr. Michael Atkins provides practice-changing insight.

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  • From Personal Loss to Professional Service

    Since 2009, O’Melveny & Myers (OMM), an internationally recognized law firm founded in 1885, has served as pro bono counsel for the Melanoma Research Alliance. But for OMM Partner Steve Brody, supporting MRA is more than just professional service.

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  • Full Sails Ahead: Immunotherapy Shows Continued Survival Benefit for Patients Facing Advanced Melanoma

    After carefully following patients enrolled in Checkmate 067 over the last 6.5 years, he and the research team determined that 49% of patients treated with Opdivo + Yervoy were alive at 6.5 years and 77% of these patients remained treatment-free. This represents the longest reported median overall survival in a phase 3 melanoma clinical trial – ever.

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06/22/2022 – Preventing Melanomas Before they Happen in Oregon Schools

06/17/2022 – Leveraged Finance & Private Equity Communities Unite to Raise Record $3 Million for Melanoma Research

05/23/2022 – What Melanoma Patients Need to Know about Opdualag

05/19/2022 – MRA Announces $13 Million in Grants to Advance Melanoma Prevention, Detection & Treatment

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