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08/28/2023

Survivor Profile: Tricia Riffenburgh, Stage IV Melanoma

By Mara Klecker At 52, Tricia Riffenburgh felt fit, healthy and grateful for her life. She was a successful consultant…
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Survivor Stories
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06/26/2023

Jim Zeoli Had Never Spent Much Time Thinking About Melanoma—Until He Was Diagnosed

by Mara Klecker Jim Zeoli had never spent much time thinking about melanoma before his own diagnosis at the end…
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Survivor Stories
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06/20/2023

Reva Foy: Living Her Best Life, Despite Melanoma

By Mara Klecker At first, Reva Foy assumed the open wound on her right foot could be attributed to a…
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Survivor Stories
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05/05/2023

Melanoma Survivor on Her Way To Princeton With Her Sights Set for the U.S. Olympic Team

The summer before her fourth-grade year, Cate Sauer noticed what looked like a skin tag under her chin. After a…
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Survivor Stories
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11/07/2022

Diagnosed with Melanoma as a Teenager Changed My Life’s Course

By Mara Klecker Madison Goff spent her early teenage years tanning in her family’s tanning bed or laying by the…
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Survivor Stories
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09/06/2022

Survivor Spotlight: Bev Johnson, Mucosal Melanoma Survivor

By Mara Klecker Bev Johnson figured the abnormal bleeding she was experiencing was a side effect of her IUD losing…
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Survivor Stories
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07/12/2022

Parenting While Living With Melanoma

by Mara Klecker It’s natural and common to worry about how a parent’s cancer diagnosis and treatment is going to…
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Friends, Family, & Caregivers
Survivor Stories
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06/22/2022

Steve Banks, Stage III Survivor, Doesn’t Let Melanoma Define His Life

by Mara Klecker Steve Banks doesn’t often bring up his melanoma diagnosis during a first date, though he’s always forthright…
Blog - Melanoma360
Survivor Stories
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04/19/2022

Shannon Eberly, Stage IV Melanoma Survivor- Sharing is Everything

By Mara Klecker Shannon Eberly is fair-skinned and freckled, but she never had a mole on her skin that looked…
Blog - Melanoma360
Survivor Stories
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01/26/2022

One Survivor Finds Empowerment through Education and Supporting Others

By Mara Klecker Ann Marie received her first-ever physical in 2019 at the age of 53. She’d lost her father…
Blog - Melanoma360
Survivor Stories
08/28/2023

Survivor Profile: Tricia Riffenburgh, Stage IV Melanoma

By Mara Klecker At 52, Tricia Riffenburgh felt fit, healthy and grateful for her life. She was a successful consultant…
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Survivor Stories
06/26/2023

Jim Zeoli Had Never Spent Much Time Thinking About Melanoma—Until He Was Diagnosed

by Mara Klecker Jim Zeoli had never spent much time thinking about melanoma before his own diagnosis at the end…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Survivor Stories
06/20/2023

Reva Foy: Living Her Best Life, Despite Melanoma

By Mara Klecker At first, Reva Foy assumed the open wound on her right foot could be attributed to a…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Survivor Stories
05/05/2023

Melanoma Survivor on Her Way To Princeton With Her Sights Set for the U.S. Olympic Team

The summer before her fourth-grade year, Cate Sauer noticed what looked like a skin tag under her chin. After a…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Survivor Stories
11/07/2022

Diagnosed with Melanoma as a Teenager Changed My Life’s Course

By Mara Klecker Madison Goff spent her early teenage years tanning in her family’s tanning bed or laying by the…
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Blog - Melanoma360
 | 
Survivor Stories
09/06/2022

Survivor Spotlight: Bev Johnson, Mucosal Melanoma Survivor

By Mara Klecker Bev Johnson figured the abnormal bleeding she was experiencing was a side effect of her IUD losing…
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Blog - Melanoma360
 | 
Survivor Stories
07/12/2022

Parenting While Living With Melanoma

by Mara Klecker It’s natural and common to worry about how a parent’s cancer diagnosis and treatment is going to…
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Blog - Melanoma360
 | 
Friends, Family, & Caregivers
 | 
Survivor Stories
06/22/2022

Steve Banks, Stage III Survivor, Doesn’t Let Melanoma Define His Life

by Mara Klecker Steve Banks doesn’t often bring up his melanoma diagnosis during a first date, though he’s always forthright…
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Blog - Melanoma360
 | 
Survivor Stories
04/19/2022

Shannon Eberly, Stage IV Melanoma Survivor- Sharing is Everything

By Mara Klecker Shannon Eberly is fair-skinned and freckled, but she never had a mole on her skin that looked…
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Blog - Melanoma360
 | 
Survivor Stories
01/26/2022

One Survivor Finds Empowerment through Education and Supporting Others

By Mara Klecker Ann Marie received her first-ever physical in 2019 at the age of 53. She’d lost her father…
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Blog - Melanoma360
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Survivor Stories