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Patrice Aminati Discusses Living With Incurable Melanoma in BMBF Video With Minister Dorothee Bär

Her message highlights patient gains from Germany’s coordinated cancer research effort now in its seventh year.

Overview

  • Appearing in an Instagram video published by the research ministry, Aminati describes her experience with metastatic melanoma and calls the journey “unbelievably awful and exhausting.”
  • She says going public with her illness gives her strength and that encouraging even one other person would make it worthwhile.
  • Expressing gratitude for scientific progress, she notes there are continually new therapies and findings from which she has benefited.
  • Dorothee Bär says the BMBF has united key actors on cancer research in Germany and that the initiative has reached its seventh year with visible progress.
  • Aminati emphasizes that parenting and work remain possible with variable energy, citing her QVC role since early 2025, and relatives recently reported a partial treatment success in Würzburg alongside a current pain-free, stable phase.