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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, 2025

@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, 2025

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

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

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 non small cell lung cancer in December 2025. Had pneumonia...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1649160/

Discussion: Have stage 4 NSCLC being treated with Targeted Therapy, Any one else?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 18 10:52am

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 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

I’m 65. In Dec, I went to ER - I had back pain between my shoulder...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1620772/

Discussion: Lower lung adenocarcinoma found on routine x-ray: So scary.

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 14 10:47pm

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 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

Hello etb2, Medical acronyms can be confusing for sure. eGFR stands for “estimated glomerural filtration rate”...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919855/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 27, 2023

Hi Lisa, The brain MRI indicated extensive necrosis. Since ctDNA showed the presence of cancer, the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1532229/

Discussion: Has anyone had LITT for brain necrosis?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 21 3:36pm

Melissa, what you are going through is very normal, but, as many have already said when...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1184307/

Discussion: Please pray for my beautiful Mom 💕

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Dec 4, 2024

Welcome to Mayo Connect @stephaniesun. It's obvious that you have educated yourself on your diagnosis in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1132971/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 29, 2024

Hello sanyogita, After my right lower lobectomy surgery it was also recommended to me to have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1031093/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2024

@bdurel thank you for updating us. I'm sorry that you have gone through so much in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1555248/

Discussion: Diagnosed with breast cancer & primary lung cancer: Next steps?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 20 11:20am

Hi @rgwey, as Colleen mentioned I have a different mutation, so I take a different TKI....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/874303/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 7, 2023

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