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Melanoma Focus

Melanoma Focus Virtual Regional Meeting 2026

Friday 15th May 

Organised by Dr Bode Oladipo, Consultant Medical Oncologist

Early Bird Now Available 

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Melanoma Stages and Treatment Patient Guide

Our Melanoma Stages and Treatment Patient Guide; a comprehensive resource for melanoma patients.

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The Melanoma TrialFinder

Our searchable TrialFinder can help you find UK Clinical trials that may be suitable for you to discuss with your medical team.

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Our Aims

Support and inform, patients, loved ones and healthcare professionals

Commission and fund leading melanoma research

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Melanoma Awareness 

There are a variety of ways that you can get involved and support our awareness campaigning

 

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Living with Melanoma, a podcast series

We have recorded a podcast series in partnership with ITN business. All episodes are out now!

This podcast series has been fully funded by MSD in the UK.

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About us

As experts in melanoma, we provide information, guidance and support for patients, carers and healthcare professionals. We have built a community of melanoma specialists who underpin our commitment to melanoma education and research.

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For patients and carers

Our experts have created specialist resources including comprehensive information on melanoma stages and treatment to help you make
informed choices.

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For healthcare professionals

We have a professional membership for clinicians, scientists and nurses in the field of melanoma. We provide key educational resources, the Melanoma TrialFinder and research grants, in addition to organising two multidisciplinary meetings each year.

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Melanoma Awareness

We are wholly committed to raising public awareness about melanoma as a cancer that can be predominantly prevented.

May is Melanoma Awareness Month.

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What we do

  • We fund the only UK confidential Melanoma Helpline manned by leading clinical nurse specialists in skin cancer.
  • We have produced and maintain the Melanoma TrialFinder, a resource to support the understanding of melanoma clinical trials across the UK.
  • We involve experts and patients in the creation of PIF TICK accredited information including guidelines for rare melanomas.
  • We host & support the annual Melanoma Patient Conference, a safe space for patients and carers to interact and network while hearing about the latest advances in melanoma medicine.
  • We organise the UK’s only multidisciplinary biannual, CME-accredited melanoma meetings for our healthcare professional colleagues.
  • We commission vital melanoma research for patient benefit.
  • We create and publish educational, resources, reports and guidelines for clinicians, scientists and nurses.
  • We raise awareness of melanoma and its prevention.
  • We contribute to national debates on melanoma issues on behalf of patients and clinicians.
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Patient Guide

Our members and patient representatives have come together to produce our new Melanoma Stages and Treatment – Patient Guide

The melanoma stages and treatment – patient guide (MPG) reflects the latest advances in melanoma medicine such as staging, surgical procedures, adjuvant therapy, updates and treatments. Our newly developed resources will help you navigate the options that may be available to you as well as providing information on health and wellbeing and living with melanoma.

In July 2023, Melanoma Focus received PIF TICK accreditation. The PIF TICK is the UK wide quality mark for trusted health information, achieving this official certification demonstrates our commitment to the provision of high-quality health information. This means you can be assured that what you are reading, watching or listening to is evidence-based, understandable, jargon-free, up-to-date and produced to the best possible standard.

Click here to read more about our PIF TICK accreditation.

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Our BBC Lifeline:

Find out more about our recent BBC Lifeline Appeal presented by Owain Wyn Evans.

 

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Latest News Items

Ross’ Story

During 2015 Ross was diagnosed with stage 2a cutaneous melanoma. He underwent a Wide Local Excision (WLE) and a Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB), his results came back negative and after five years of surveillance he was discharged in 2020. Unfortunately, in 2023 it was discovered that the melanoma had spread through his body which also resulted in the blinding of one eye. Two years later he is now no evidence of disease (NED), here he very kindly shares his story.

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Robert M Patient Story

Robert’s Story

During June 2019, Robert was diagnosed with a stage 4 melanoma. He completed 3 ipilimumab treatments and a further 15 months of nivolumab treatment. He responded well and his tumours started to reduce other than one which was later found out to be Adreno-Cortical Cancer. Five years on from the removal of the left adrenal and six and a half years after his stage 4 diagnosis, Robert is now no evidence of disease (NED). Here, he very kindly shares his full story.

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