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...It’s 7:30am and you overslept again. You scramble and remember that it’s casual Friday and you can wear shorts and a short-sleeved shirt and you do. You find your keys...

...My “new normal,” a phrase often used in cancer circles to describe life in survivorship, completely took me by surprise when I exited treatment.  It happened both times I experienced cancer! I...

...If you use hair ties, you might have the same problem with them that I have. They seem to disappear. As many times as I buy a colorful package of...

...Flashback to the summer of 1985: the Florida sun is bright, the beach is calling, and our family vacation is in full swing. My sister and I are spending the...

...It’s that time of the year for many of us in the snow belt. It’s classic car show time. Mustangs, T-Birds, expensive imports, all varieties of convertible leave the hibernation...

...In 1988, I was diagnosed with melanoma. I had just returned from a year of working in London right after finishing my college degree in Los Angeles. I had thought...

...At a conference in late August, I was asked by a colleague about my Stage IV melanoma diagnosis. He was surprised, maybe a little dismayed, by the calm and almost...

...T-VEC is an immunotherapy cancer treatment that is injected directly into melanoma tumor sites to destroy cancer cells. The brand name is Imlygic, and the generic name is talimogene laherparepvec...

...There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel of steamy, summery heat and humidity. September is here, and we can all, literally, breathe a little easier. Fall...

...I have the gift of gab. And I absolutely adore my next-door neighbor. Those two things combined led to an unexpected (and unwelcome) result for me recently. It was a...

...“They can put a man on the moon, but they can’t…” You fill in the blank. Ever since Neil Armstrong made that “giant leap for mankind” we have been comparing...

...Recently, a study was done to look at misdiagnosis and the harms it causes. It was published in the medical journal called Diagnosis, the official journal of the Society to...

...Tanning after skin cancer? Wait, hear me out. I grew up tanning as often as I could. It was just something we did here in Florida and as a teen...

...This survey is now closed. Thank you to all our participants!We know the frustrations of chronic pain. Will you help others understand by taking our survey? Simply put, living with...

...“Do as I say AND as I do.” This variation on a familiar quote is firmly in play when I speak to my family about skincare and sun protection. Everyone...

...Inspect, evaluate, determine: these are words that come to mind when self-checking for melanoma. Look for asymmetry, jagged borders, color changes, large diameters, and anything evolving or changing in one’s...