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A step by step guide on how to perform a self skin examination in real time.

For a second year, Euromelanoma and the Global Coalition for Melanoma Patient Advocacy are partnering to run a global melanoma awareness campaign. By combining our resources, we hope to reach hundreds of millions of people in over 50 participating countries. This report is at the heart of that campaign. Its purpose is to show that…

The start of autumn will bring with it a new sense of hope for over 2,000 Australians with advanced melanoma, with the Australian Government expanding subsidised access to breakthrough melanoma treatment options on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from today. The start of autumn will bring with it a new sense of hope for over…

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has produced 5 short videos for people about to start immunotherapy treatment for melanoma. The videos aim to assist people better understand immunotherapy, prepare for it and cope with its impact. They draw upon the professional experience of clinicians but also includes the perspectives of patients, families and carers who…

Simon is the Senior Forecaster for the Bureau of Meteorology’s Tasmanian division. This interview discusses the unique UV exposure we experience in Tasmania and the contributing environmental factors.  

Recently Melanoma Tas hosted melanoma forums in Hobart and Launceston to help Tasmanians understand more about the disease. Here our Founder and Chair Di introduces the forums and recounts her personal story of how Melanoma Tas came about.     At the forums we were honoured to engage clinicians and patients from Tasmania and the…