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Hi Matthew - I was diagnosed almost a year ago did four rounds of chemo and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1239302/

Discussion: Anyone taking Tagrisso for Lung Cancer?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 17, 2025

@nanajan, hmmm, I don't see the relationship. Tagrisso is a small molecule targeted therapy that enters...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238825/

Discussion: Anyone taking Tagrisso for Lung Cancer?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 17, 2025

Welcome to Mayo Connect @majoza. I take a different targeted therapy and I did experience a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1171277/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2024

Like most in these threads the side effects are the norm, I just continue through. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1477021/

Discussion: Anyone taking Tagrisso for Lung Cancer?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jan 7 7:53pm

Thank you all for your suggestions and support. Kefir is helping! Update: after nearly 9 months...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1459126/

Discussion: How long did you have side effects from Tagrisso?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

I love your attitude. I’m struggling with mine. I’m 38 year old female. I had surgery...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1303950/

Discussion: Sub-solid nodule grew from 3.5 to 8 in a year: Wait for scan?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2025

I had a right upper lobe lobectomy for a 3.2 cm nodule in early March 2024....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1089483/

Discussion: 12 mm Spiculated Nodule upper right lobe

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 19, 2024

In October I was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer caused by EFGR gene mutation. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/837293/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 4, 2023

@bob, chemo doesn't know anything about cancer. One characteristic of cancer cells is that cancer cells...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1164079/

Discussion: Immunotherapy: How many lung cancer patients are 5 yrs post diagnosis?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Thanks for all that you've shared, Matthew! My mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858418/

Discussion: Anyone had radiation of the lung? What were the side effects? Results?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2023

The way my lung cancer was discovered in 2023 is a scare I had when I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1243912/

Discussion: Has anyone on Tagrisso had brain mets show up?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2025

I have been taking Tagrisso since mid November and feel good. The only side effect I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825147/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 12, 2023

Good morning Lisa.....diagnosed with Stage 4 in February of this year. What a shocker....out of the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/847981/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 23, 2023

Hi @judy0707 , I'm not an expert in this area, but I can share some general...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1231399/

Discussion: Stage 1b non small lung Cancer and Keytruda: What to expect?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 7, 2025

I noticed that my ankles were swelling, too. Tagrisso might have played a part, but I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1089878/

Discussion: New to adenocarcinoma lung cancer and have LOTS of questions

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 19, 2024

@babs1956, Tagrisso has been the proverbial godsend for those of us with certain types of EGFR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1223533/

Discussion: Anyone taking Tagrisso for Lung Cancer?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jan 28, 2025

@stephaniesun, I'm sorry you've been diagnosed with lung cancer. Fortunately, lung cancer has become more survivable...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1132717/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 29, 2024

Hi Tina @tinae, I saw some of your other posts and wanted to welcome you to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1240135/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 18, 2025

Hi April, I've been on Tagrisso for almost three years. Each daily pill costs $512 with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/953006/

Discussion: New here: Looking for others who have NSCLC and information

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 24, 2023

@camiladeline, initially, I had to take Tagrisso away from food to avoid stomach upset - at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1254506/

Discussion: Anyone taking Tagrisso for Lung Cancer?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2025