Hello @rlf66, Merry is such an inspiration, isn't she?! She was a mentor for Mayo Connect for many years and was the first to greet me and many others as we joined Connect. She's taken a step back from mentoring, because everyone deserves a retirement. 🙂 She is still around on Mayo Connect, just not as often.
I'm guessing that you saw Merry's post: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/celebrating-25-years-of-lung-cancer/

One thing that I like to keep in mind, is that the treatments that were available in the past have been improved upon or replaced by even better therapies or combinations of therapies. Thankfully research continues and directly impacts the options that are available today.
The targeted therapy that I've been taking for the past 5+years didn't even exist 15 years ago. Patients that are newly diagnosed with my specific type of lung cancer are no longer started on that therapy. There is something new that is proving to be even better.
Looking to others for that 'special sauce' that worked for them is instinctive. We are all different, and our cancers are likely different at a cellular level too. Are you being treated with an immunotherapy? I believe immunotherapies for lung cancer started in 2015, with the clinical trials prior to that. Things change quick in lung cancer, and those advancements are great!