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@kellyaboh, and thank you for telling us about this summit! As someone who is paying roughly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1395739/

Discussion: Free Midwest Lung Cancer Summit Sept 27, 2025

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: 1 day ago

Thank you for the response. I didn’t realize there was an esophagectomy support group. That’s awesome!...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1307461/

Discussion: Anyone on Gleevec (imatinib) and Tagrisso (osimertinib) ?

Support Group: Sarcoma

Posted: May 19 7:46am

@trojaneen, I'm sorry to hear of your husband's experience and his passing. Thank you for sharing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1264391/

Discussion: Anyone experience GI side effects with Tagrisso for lung cancer?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 22 5:53pm

I may be wrong but the immunotherapy (eg. Keytruda) will follow after completion of the chemotherapy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/986464/

Discussion: Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Dec 25, 2023

Hello poodledoc, The results of genetic marker testing of lung cancer tumors really need to be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/920391/

Discussion: Lung Cancer EGFR Mutation Stage 4: What treatments did you have?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2023

The concern is always that there are cancer cells somewhere else in the body that just...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1064062/

Discussion: Has anyone taken the targeted therapy osimertinib (Tagrisso)?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 8, 2024

Hello, I'm new to this discussion thread. I had a Stage 2b adenocarcinoma in my right...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/895149/

Discussion: Anybody with NSCLC with EGFR exon 21 L858R mutation response to TKIs?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 13, 2023

Exon 21 L858R adenoccarcinoms T790m not detected My wife was diagnosed on July right lower lung...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/761321/

Discussion: Wife newly diagnosed with NSCLC

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 15, 2022

@tedvoelker, I'm glad to hear your only side effect has been a rash. I'm curious. Why...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1330349/

Discussion: Has anyone taken the targeted therapy osimertinib (Tagrisso)?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 19 7:51am

Hello @babs1956, facing our own mortality is one of the most difficult things we encounter as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088599/

Discussion: Ashamed: I think about (and plan for) dying. Do you?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 17, 2024

Hi Colleen, thank you so much for checking on me. I’m having a ct/ pet scan...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/918421/

Discussion: Lung Cancer EGFR Mutation Stage 4: What treatments did you have?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 24, 2023

Thanks for the warm welcome Colleen. I appreciate your volunteering and your mentoring. Mayo connect has...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1058976/

Discussion: Has anyone taken the targeted therapy osimertinib (Tagrisso)?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2024

Hello Maureen, @mmusselman01, I'm sorry to hear that you are stage IV. There are too many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1168133/

Discussion: Starting Tagrisso: What time of day do you take it? With food?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Nov 4, 2024

Hi! So sorry for what you are experiencing. I started taking Tagrisso in Feb 2023. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/877129/

Discussion: Tagrisso and Hives

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 12, 2023

@flusshund, Matthew, Thank you for sharing this news. We know that drug resistance is lurking over...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1032322/

Discussion: EGFR Exon 19 Mutation - the Return (?)

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 12, 2024

Hi @whahoo, After reading some of the other threads on this forum about lasting nerve pain,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/897621/

Discussion: Right upper Lobectomy in April - Numbness, Fullness

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 17, 2023

Hello, I had 2 robotic surgeries, one RLL and then a left lung wedge resection, about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890496/

Discussion: Duration of Severe Pain Following Robot Assisted Upper Left Lobectomy

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 5, 2023

I was diagnosed in fall of 2023. Like others, I take Tagrisso for my mutation. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1344283/

Discussion: Stage 4 likely - what are the treatment options if surgery is not one?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 9 9:47am

I seem to be the only one where Tagrisso affected the heart. The problem is prolongation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1069819/

Discussion: Has anyone taken the targeted therapy osimertinib (Tagrisso)?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 17, 2024

Hi @mikebee, Having that specific mutation is good news. It's the most common of the EGFR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/994924/

Discussion: PET Results interpretation and best medication

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jan 10, 2024