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We are about saving lives. Melanoma is a fast moving disease that, if left untreated, can kill in a matter of months. MHN is about helping patients find help fast. We have developed unique technology to help patients find trials with our TrialFinder. For advanced stages of melanoma, it is key to find a compatible trial quickly. Your contribution goes directly to the technology of matching patients with trials and with finding cures to the disease. Help us help others. Thank you!

MHN Rated Best Healthcare Site on the Net MHN Awarded TWO Prestigious Awards by

The American Academy of Dermatology

Visit the MHN and SPOTS program sun safe education video - Read more about the program using medical students to educate youth about the dangers of UV exposure - natural and artificial!!!

Click here to watch the SPOTS education VIDEO and Click here to visit the SPOTS site.

"This Site Could Save Your Life - or the Life of Someone You Love! "

This site is dedicated to helping those people and families which have been affected by Melanoma. It is the newest resource in patient information. You will find sections about melanoma including treatment options, types of melanoma, skin cancer prevention, support services, latest news and research and much more. The site also has the revolutionary "TrialFinder", which matches a patients' medical profile with compatible trials and sends an e-mail notification to the patient when new treatments become available. We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please direct to suggestions@melanomahopenetwork.org .

MHN is a non-profit organization established to bring hope, education and direct personal support to patients diagnosed with melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. We are especially interested in finding patients affected by the advanced stages of melanoma.

We intend to support research, increase patient awareness of clinical trials, and help patients and their primary physicians find the appropriate trials for their particular stage of disease. We also intend to provide a central place for melanoma centers across the country to come to collaborate data and to update and educate their staff.

The Melanoma Hope Network (MHN) is built around an internet web site designed to offer immediate user-friendly help to patients and their families, and bring their primary physicians, researchers, and proprietary drug treatment developers together to match available treatments to specific diagnosed cases.

Please read about our mission to provide hope and help against melanoma.

Thank you for helping us by telling anyone you know with melanoma about the MHN network.

Any comments or questions, please direct to information@melanomahopenetwork.org

A Quote from Dr. Clay Anderson

"There is a lot of hope for the future in the field of melanoma treatment. First, most patients are cured. Second, our treatments with more advanced disease are improving, but are still not good enough. Third, there are several more exciting strategies on the horizon -- more specific, less toxic, maybe, more effective. More than anything else, though, we need to empower the patients and families to locate melanoma doctors, treatments, and clincal trials that are right for them, before it is too late. This is our vision for the Melanoma Hope Network."

Dr. Clay Anderson

(MHN Medical Board)

Hematology/Oncology

Ellis Fishel Cancer Hospital

University of Missouri (Columbia)

Spring 2009 Golf Fundraiser

Thank you to all of you who joined us last year for the 9th Annual MHN Golf Classic and Raffle. It was a fabulous day at the beautiful Persimmon Woods Golf Club. If you missed it, don't miss this opportunity to play one of St. Louis' premier golf courses next year! The 10^th Annual MHN Golf Classis and Raffle will be held on Melanoma Monday (May 3, 2010)! You can register beginning in March 2010! We will have some new contests and lots of fun. It is sure to be a sell out!!

Send an e-mail to Kent Thornberry for more information or questions.

See ya on May 3rd!!!

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