For all media enquiries please contact Jennifer Durante, Director of Community & Engagement.
Email media@melanoma.org.au Phone 0412 798 990.
Expanded PBS access to immunotherapy treatment
Combined immunotherapy ipilimumab and nivolumab is now available on the PBS for all advanced melanoma patients.
Fabulous Fundraisers!
Read more about our amazing MIA fundraisers, including some big adventures planned!
Parliamentary Friends launch
An inspiring day at Parliament House in Canberra for the launch of ‘Parliamentary Friends of Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness’.
Stop glamourising tanning
Read how you can help us STOP THE GLAMOURISATION OF TANNING.
Thank you, Community Fundraisers!
A shout out to all our wonderful community fundraisers, who have supported MIA in the last two months.
Join in Melanoma March 2023 and support Aussies impacted by melanoma
Melanoma March events across the country to fund ground-breaking clinical trial into psychological stresses experienced by advanced melanoma patients.
A second penicillin moment for cancer treatment
In a world-first, an early phase trial of an mRNA personalised cancer vaccine has shown promising results for preventing melanoma recurrence in patients with resected high-risk melanoma (stage III and IV).
MPA-MIA Melanoma Community Webinar Series 2022
Watch recordings of the 2022 webinar series. Webinars cover Brain Metastases, Immunotherapy & Targeted Therapies, and Detecting Melanoma.
Clarivate announce Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list
Read more about the five MIA researchers named on the Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers 2022.
Community Fundraising Wrap Up October 2022
It was another big month of inspiring community fundraisers! From car shows, marathons and headshaves, to the selling of marmalade, monitors and swimming pools, we thank you all those who supported us over the past month.
MIA team receives 2022 Wildfire Highly Cited Publication Award
Read more about the Cancer Institute NSW Awards and the highly cited immunotherapy publication.
Melanoma Community Forum Hobart
Watch videos of presentations from the Melanoma Community Forum held in Hobart on 3rd November 2022.
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