Patient and advocacy organisations — melanoma
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North America
| Organisation |
Country |
Stated focus (from the site) |
URL |
Accessed |
| Melanoma Research Foundation |
US |
Research, education and advocacy for the melanoma community |
https://www.melanoma.org/ |
2026-09-01 |
| AIM at Melanoma Foundation |
US, with international activity |
Research funding, patient education and advocacy |
https://aimatmelanoma.org/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Melanoma Research Alliance |
US |
Research funding organisation focused on melanoma |
https://www.curemelanoma.org/ |
2026-09-01 |
| The Skin Cancer Foundation |
US |
Public education and prevention across skin cancers including melanoma |
https://www.skincancer.org |
2026-09-01 |
| Melanoma Canada |
Canada |
Patient support, education and advocacy |
https://www.melanomacanada.ca/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Save Your Skin Foundation |
Canada |
Patient support and advocacy across skin cancers |
https://www.saveyourskin.ca/ |
2026-09-01 |
United Kingdom and Ireland
| Organisation |
Country |
Stated focus |
URL |
Accessed |
| Melanoma UK |
UK |
Patient support, advice and advocacy |
https://www.melanomauk.org.uk |
2026-09-01 |
| Melanoma Focus |
UK |
Charity working with professionals, patients and the public |
https://www.melanomafocus.org/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Melanoma Fund |
UK |
Prevention and sun-safety focus |
https://www.melanoma-fund.co.uk/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Ocular Melanoma UK (formerly OcuMel UK) |
UK |
Dedicated to ocular melanoma |
https://omuk.org/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Macmillan Cancer Support (melanoma pages) |
UK |
General cancer charity; dedicated melanoma information resource |
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/melanoma |
2026-09-01 |
| SkinCheck |
Ireland |
Skin cancer awareness and early detection |
https://www.skincheck.ie/ |
2026-09-01 |
Australia and New Zealand
| Organisation |
Country |
Stated focus |
URL |
Accessed |
| Melanoma Institute Australia |
Australia |
Research, treatment and education institute |
https://melanoma.org.au/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Melanoma Patients Australia |
Australia |
Patient support organisation |
https://www.melanomapatients.org.au/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Cancer Council Australia (melanoma pages) |
Australia |
General cancer organisation; melanoma information and guidelines resource |
https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/types-of-cancer/melanoma |
2026-09-01 |
Europe
| Organisation |
Region |
Stated focus |
URL |
Accessed |
| Melanoma Patient Network Europe |
Europe |
Patient-led network across European countries |
https://www.mpneurope.org/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Euromelanoma |
Europe |
Pan-European prevention and early-detection campaign run by dermatologists |
https://www.euromelanoma.eu/ |
2026-09-01 |
| Hautkrebs-Netzwerk Deutschland e.V. |
Germany |
Skin cancer network for early detection, diagnosis and treatment |
https://www.hautkrebs-netzwerk.de/ |
2026-09-01 |
Ocular melanoma specifically
Ocular Melanoma UK (above) was the only dedicated ocular-melanoma organisation whose site returned a verified live page in this build. Two further ocular-melanoma organisation URLs were attempted and did not return a verified page on 2026-09-01; they are not listed rather than listed unverified. This is an absence recorded on a date, not evidence that no such organisations exist.
What is not represented here
- No organisation in this list is based in Africa, South America, South Asia, East Asia or the Middle East. Searches in this build were English-language and returned English-language sites. Given that melanoma incidence is lowest and mortality-to-incidence ratios highest in exactly those regions (Wang 2025, PMID 39682020; Oh 2026, PMID 42502459), this is a significant gap in the directory rather than a reflection of need.
- No acral- or mucosal-melanoma-specific organisation was located, despite these subtypes accounting for a far larger share of melanoma diagnoses in non-White populations (Brunsgaard 2023, PMID 35533771).
- No evaluation of any organisation's activity on an outcome was located in the published literature searched here. Awareness-campaign evaluation is an evidence gap, not a settled matter.