UPCOMING EVENTS
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MELANOMA STATISTICS & FACTS
- It takes only one blistering sunburn to double a person’s chances of developing melanoma
- Melanoma is one of the most common types of cancer for youth between the ages of 15-29
- Life-time risk for melanoma is now 1 in 63 versus 1 in 1500 in the 1930s
- In North America, one person dies from melanoma every hour
- Melanoma can affect anyone regardless of sex, age, or race
- The leading cause of melanoma is overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or artificial sources (tanning beds, sunlamps)
- UV rays can get through clouds, fog and haze. Water, sand, concrete and especially snow can reflect, and even increase, the sun’s burning rays
- Early exposure to tanning beds can increase a person’s chance of developing melanoma by up to 75%
Free Melanoma Support Programs
Upcoming Events
Mar
4
Wed
2020
6:30 pm
Aurora Melanoma Support Group
@ Aurora Community Centre,
Aurora Melanoma Support Group
@ Aurora Community Centre,
Mar 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Led by experienced health care professionals along with cancer survivors, the sessions are structured but also flexible in format and topics. Support groups also offer up to date information on melanoma. The Melanoma Network Patient...
6:30 pm
Niagara Melanoma Support Group
@ Niagara Wellspring
Niagara Melanoma Support Group
@ Niagara Wellspring
Mar 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Led by experienced health care professionals along with cancer survivors, the sessions are structured but also flexible in format and topics. Support groups also offer up to date information on melanoma. The Melanoma Network Patient...
6:30 pm
Oakville Melanoma Support Group
@ Wellspring Birmingham-Gilgan House
Oakville Melanoma Support Group
@ Wellspring Birmingham-Gilgan House
Mar 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
We understand how difficult a diagnosis of melanoma can be – no matter what stage. Join the MNC patient support group and benefit from the support of professionals, survivors and others who are facing a...
6:30 pm
Oshawa Melanoma Support Group
@ Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre
Oshawa Melanoma Support Group
@ Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre
Mar 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Led by experienced health care professionals along with cancer survivors, the sessions are structured but also flexible in format and topics. Support groups also offer up to date information on melanoma. The Melanoma Network Patient...
6:00 pm
Calgary Melanoma Support Group
@ Holy Cross Center
Calgary Melanoma Support Group
@ Holy Cross Center
Mar 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Calgary Melanoma Support Group From 6:15pm to 7:15pm. We are meeting at the Holy Cross Center, 2202, 2nd St SW. ( the small two story building north of the main hospital ) Session will start...
Apr
1
Wed
2020
6:30 pm
Aurora Melanoma Support Group
@ Aurora Community Centre,
Aurora Melanoma Support Group
@ Aurora Community Centre,
Apr 1 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Led by experienced health care professionals along with cancer survivors, the sessions are structured but also flexible in format and topics. Support groups also offer up to date information on melanoma. The Melanoma Network Patient...
Melanoma Information Schedule – 2020
The Melanoma Network of Canada’s Patient Information Sessions are a series of presentations by leading Canadian oncologists, dermatologists, surgeons, psychologists and more on the latest in melanoma treatment options and support services. The Patient Information Sessions are free of charge and offered across Canada
MELANOMA PATIENT STORIES
I am a uveal melanoma survivor. Few people know about this rare form of melanoma; in fact, most of us who acquire it, do not even know of its existence until the day we are diagnosed. This is my story.
This December I will turn 43 years old and for the past 8 years I’ve had many ups and downs with melanoma, however I can honestly say that I am a stronger and better person for the journey. I have learned so much about myself and what matters most to me.
Melanoma is not just SKIN cancer. The disease is not just skin deep, it can reach far and wide…it is cancer. My name is Caroline. I am 28 years old and I was diagnosed with stage 3C melanoma in August 2013. This is my story: