Author: Cheryl Stratos

  • Go Team Fighting Melanoma!

    Go Team Fighting Melanoma!

    Go Team Fighting Melanoma! Thank you, all who donated, volunteered, and gave me the gift of your time to help make this the most successful Miles for Melanoma event of All Times. The race hit a fundraising record of $ 125,000. Blowing away the record for the most funds raised by a community Miles for…

  • Join Team Fighting Melanoma for the Second Annual Miles for Melanoma DC

    What a year we have had for melanoma research and new drug developments! Lets celebrate this amazing accomplishment by walking together at the Second Annual DC Miles For Melanoma Event. WHEN:  Saturday, April 26, 2014 Check-in and Registration begin at 7 a.m.               Run/Walk begins at 8:00 a.m.   WHAT:   A 5K run/walk that will…

  • Join Team Fighting Melanoma for the Second Annual Miles for Melanoma DC

    What a year we have had for melanoma research and new drug developments! Lets celebrate this amazing accomplishment by walking together at the Second Annual DC Miles For Melanoma Event. WHEN:  Saturday, April 26, 2014 Check-in and Registration begin at 7 a.m.               Run/Walk begins at 8:00 a.m.   WHAT:   A 5K run/walk that will…

  • Mission Accomplished – NEW MEK COMBO IS HERE!

    Mission Accomplished – NEW MEK COMBO IS HERE!

    The recently approved BRAF & MEK combo is changing the landscape for melanoma patients. It’s been a rocky road at best for these amazing doctors who are working overtime to figure It all out, Lucky for me I am along for the ride! My news interview yesterday — WUSA Channel 9 – the CBS affiliate…

  • Mission Accomplished – NEW MEK COMBO IS HERE!

    Mission Accomplished – NEW MEK COMBO IS HERE!

    The recently approved BRAF & MEK combo is changing the landscape for melanoma patients. It’s been a rocky road at best for these amazing doctors who are working overtime to figure It all out, Lucky for me I am along for the ride! My news interview yesterday — WUSA Channel 9 – the CBS affiliate…

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR! Why not try something new?

    Sometimes you just have to dive in and swim even though the water is dark and cold to get to the other side. There are some things I haven’t shared with you lately because I hate being a whiner – I’ve been having strange neurological side-effects again, and, since April, they have gotten worse. I…

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR! Why not try something new?

    Sometimes you just have to dive in and swim even though the water is dark and cold to get to the other side. There are some things I haven’t shared with you lately because I hate being a whiner – I’ve been having strange neurological side-effects again, and, since April, they have gotten worse. I…

  • Merry Christmas!

    My family and I want to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas! I know many of you have so many things burdening your mind, like Fighting Melanoma, but there are many things we should be thankful for – family, friends, smart and caring doctors, new technologies………… I hope you all have…

  • Merry Christmas!

    My family and I want to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas! I know many of you have so many things burdening your mind, like Fighting Melanoma, but there are many things we should be thankful for – family, friends, smart and caring doctors, new technologies………… I hope you all have…

  • New and Emerging Therapies in Melanoma

    Good conservative summary about ipilimumab, braf inhibitors and ckit inhibitors. New and emerging approaches to the treatment of melanoma are described by Daniel G. Coit, MD, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in this video from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 of the world’s leading cancer centers dedicated to improving…