Why attention to rarity and research into rare diseases such as high-grade lymphoma is meaningful for science, patients, and society
High-grade lymphoma is a rare aggressive form of lymph node cancer that occurs relatively frequently in young adults and can have fatal consequences. Conducting research into rare diseases is important. There are indeed many rare diseases, which means that we all have a 10% chance of developing one of the > 5000 rare diseases. Researching a rare disease is challenging, but it has already brought us a lot.
Internist and hematologist Martine Chamuleau will demonstrate in her inaugural lecture what we have learned from research into high-grade lymphoma and how this research has provided unique insights that have contributed to a better understanding of other, more common forms of cancer. Additionally, she will discuss how we can improve treatments and how research into a rare disease can also be socially meaningful. Let's broaden our perspective and keep an eye on rare things. Because precisely those can make a difference in life.