An Underexplored Frontier: Large Language Models for Rare Disease Patient Education and Communication -- A scoping review

ArXi:2604.14179v1 Announce Type: cross Rare diseases affect over 300M people worldwide and are characterized by complex care pathways, limited clinical expertise, and substantial unmet communication needs throughout the long patient journey. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) offer new opportunities to patient education and communication, yet their application in rare diseases remains unclear.