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Managing the Cost of Melanoma

Melanoma can bring significant financial challenges, but understanding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), lower prescription costs and the PBS Safety Net can help reduce the burden. Learn about PBS-listed melanoma treatments, how family linking can help you reach the Safety Net sooner, and where to access financial support if you're experiencing financial stress.

Immunotherapy: What You Need to Know About Endocrine Side Effects

Immunotherapy has transformed melanoma treatment, but it can sometimes affect hormone-producing glands such as the thyroid, pituitary, adrenal glands and pancreas. Learn how to recognise the signs of endocrine side effects, why early detection matters, and how these often permanent but highly manageable conditions can be treated and monitored.

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: What Patients Need to Know

A sentinel lymph node biopsy can provide important information about whether melanoma has spread beyond the skin. Learn how the procedure works, who may benefit from it, the potential risks and benefits, and how the results can help guide future treatment decisions.

Timely Delivery of Immunotherapy Treatment: Why it Matters for Regional and Rural Patients

If you live outside of a major city, starting melanoma immunotherapy can raise practical questions: Where will I receive treatment? Will I need to travel? How does my medicine get to the hospital in time? This article explains the behind-the-scenes steps that help some patients receive personalised treatment closer to home.

Your Melanoma Nurse: What They Do and How They Help

A melanoma diagnosis can feel overwhelming. Melanoma Nurses provide expert guidance, emotional support, and practical assistance to help patients and families understand their diagnosis, prepare for treatment, manage challenges, and access the right support at every stage of the melanoma journey. Whether based in a hospital or connecting through telehealth, these specialist nurses play a vital role in ensuring patients feel informed, supported, and empowered throughout their care pathway.

MPA Nurses Showcase Melanoma Care Innovation at CNSA Conference

Melanoma Patients Australia proudly recognises its nursing team for presenting five initiatives at the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia Annual Conference, highlighting specialist melanoma care, telehealth support, nurse navigation and counselling services that help ensure Australians affected by melanoma receive compassionate, coordinated care.

A New Way of Seeing After Ocular Melanoma Surgery

Anne Louise never expected a regular eye check would lead to a diagnosis of rare ocular melanoma. “I didn’t want to lose my eye,” she says. As an artist, her greatest fear was not only losing her eye, but how altered vision might affect her ability to paint. This is her story.

When Identity Shifts: Navigating Life After a Melanoma Diagnosis

A melanoma diagnosis doesn’t just affect the body, it impacts emotional wellbeing, relationships, and everyday life. At Melanoma Patients Australia, peer support groups play a vital role in helping people feel understood, supported, and connected through every stage of their melanoma experience.

How Peer Support Groups at Melanoma Patients Australia Make a Difference

A melanoma diagnosis doesn’t just affect the body, it impacts emotional wellbeing, relationships, and everyday life. At Melanoma Patients Australia, peer support groups play a vital role in helping people feel understood, supported, and connected through every stage of their melanoma experience.

2026 Melanoma Community Webinars

Take part in a three-part live webinar series designed for people affected by melanoma, including patients and carers.

Why Emotional and Psychological Support Matters in Cancer Care

While much attention is rightly given to medical treatments for a melanoma diagnosis, the psychological challenges can be profound. Learn more about why emotional and psychological support is not an optional extra, it is an essential part of comprehensive care.

Thank You to Our Incredible Volunteers: MIA Melanoma March 2026

Thank you to our incredible MPA volunteers who showed up across the country for MIA Melanoma March. From Canberra to Perth, Manly, Adelaide and Melbourne, you connected with patients, carers and supporters, sharing vital resources, and awareness about Melanoma Patients Australia free support services to those affected by Melanoma.