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03/08/2021

Donor Spotlight: Jeff Berg, Stage IV Melanoma Survivor

  By Alicia Rowell, Vice President In 2008, Jeff Berg got news no one wants to hear. He was concerned…
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03/08/2021

Survivor Spotlight: Acral Melanoma Survivor

Melanoma Can Hide in the Most Unlikely Places By Mara Klecker Lisa first noticed a pale band on her right…
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02/05/2021

Survivor Spotlight: Mark Lewis, Stage III Melanoma Survivor

A Partner Through It All By Mara Klecker Mark Lewis was less than a year into his relationship when he…
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11/12/2020

Survivor Spotlight: Stephanie Bowen, Stage IV Survivor

A Woman of Determination By Mara Klecker The second diagnosis came just days before Christmas 2010, almost exactly a decade…
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11/12/2020

Survivor Spotlight: Tom Lauritzen, Stage III Survivor

On the Road Again…Soon By, Alicia Rowell Tom Lauritzen has lived his whole life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, save for a…
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09/29/2020

Joe Small: Stage III Survivor Spotlight

By, Alicia Rowell It was 2016—October, specifically—when Joe Small showed a little spot on his right forearm to his doctor…
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01/23/2020

How Melanoma Cured Dylan Slattery

by Vallerie A. Malkin In March of 2014, a month before his 23rd birthday, Dylan Slattery, like many other 20-somethings,…
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01/23/2020

Tonia Sylvester: Why She Fights

  By Vallerie A. Malkin “I do not wish melanoma on anyone,” says Tonia Sylvester, a 56-year-old retired school teacher…
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Survivor Stories
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11/14/2019

Stage II Melanoma Mom Stresses Sunscreen and Skin Checks

  By Vallerie A. Malkin Once people get tapped on the shoulder by cancer, they always worry the disease will…
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Survivor Stories
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09/19/2019

After Melanoma, A Good Life Gets Even Better

  By Vallerie A. Malkin Edgar Allan Poe said: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” These wise…
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Survivor Stories
03/08/2021

Donor Spotlight: Jeff Berg, Stage IV Melanoma Survivor

  By Alicia Rowell, Vice President In 2008, Jeff Berg got news no one wants to hear. He was concerned…
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03/08/2021

Survivor Spotlight: Acral Melanoma Survivor

Melanoma Can Hide in the Most Unlikely Places By Mara Klecker Lisa first noticed a pale band on her right…
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Survivor Stories
02/05/2021

Survivor Spotlight: Mark Lewis, Stage III Melanoma Survivor

A Partner Through It All By Mara Klecker Mark Lewis was less than a year into his relationship when he…
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11/12/2020

Survivor Spotlight: Stephanie Bowen, Stage IV Survivor

A Woman of Determination By Mara Klecker The second diagnosis came just days before Christmas 2010, almost exactly a decade…
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Survivor Stories
11/12/2020

Survivor Spotlight: Tom Lauritzen, Stage III Survivor

On the Road Again…Soon By, Alicia Rowell Tom Lauritzen has lived his whole life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, save for a…
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Survivor Stories
09/29/2020

Joe Small: Stage III Survivor Spotlight

By, Alicia Rowell It was 2016—October, specifically—when Joe Small showed a little spot on his right forearm to his doctor…
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01/23/2020

How Melanoma Cured Dylan Slattery

by Vallerie A. Malkin In March of 2014, a month before his 23rd birthday, Dylan Slattery, like many other 20-somethings,…
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01/23/2020

Tonia Sylvester: Why She Fights

  By Vallerie A. Malkin “I do not wish melanoma on anyone,” says Tonia Sylvester, a 56-year-old retired school teacher…
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Survivor Stories
11/14/2019

Stage II Melanoma Mom Stresses Sunscreen and Skin Checks

  By Vallerie A. Malkin Once people get tapped on the shoulder by cancer, they always worry the disease will…
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Survivor Stories
09/19/2019

After Melanoma, A Good Life Gets Even Better

  By Vallerie A. Malkin Edgar Allan Poe said: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” These wise…
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