NATIONAL MELANOMA ALLIANCE
Unifying Organizations to Conquer Melanoma

Read about Melanoma Research at the 2009 ASCO Meeting

Learn More About "Don't Fry Day"

The National Melanoma Alliance is dedicated to reducing the incidence and mortality of this cancer by advocating for a national agenda for melanoma awareness, education and research.

Established in 2007, the Alliance leverages the unified strength of melanoma organizations throughout the country. Together, we seek to improve quality of life and survival rates for those with this deadly form of skin cancer and, through research, ultimately defeat it.

Our Goals

• National awareness of prevention and early detection of melanoma.
• Increased melanoma research funding.
• Alignment of research priorities with the needs of patients and the general public.

Greetings from NMA

Don't Fry Day 2010 is coming up in May...learn more about it on our Feb 18th teleconference.

Don't Fry Day (DFD) is sponsored by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention.  The NMA is a collaborating organization to the National Council.

The Appropriations that are slated to occur within the Department of Defense budget is a giant milestone for melanoma research, and we are pleased to have been part of the team contributing to its creation. Please join us for our bi-monthly NMA Research calls and learn more about how you can get involved!

-The National Melanoma Alliance Team

Melanoma Facts

• 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma this year. 

• One in 50 Americans is expected to be diagnosed with melanoma by 2010.

• Melanoma is the primary cause of cancer deaths in women age 25 to 30, and the secondary cause, after breast cancer, in those age 30 to 35.

(Source: American Cancer Society)