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Lung Cancer Was a Death Sentence. Now Drugs Are Saving Lives

• jseliger 2y ago
  https://archive.ph/MEu7S https://archive.ph/MEu7S
  • ProjectArcturis 2y ago
    Sadly this doesn't seem to work anymore.
    • wetpaws 2y ago
      [dead]
    • HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
      It works for me.
• dang 2y ago
  Recent and related: Trial results for new lung cancer drug are 'off the charts' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40537026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40537026 - May 2024 (49 comments)
• ProjectArcturis 2y ago
  Anecdotally, my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer (despite never smoking in her life). It had already metastasized to her brain by the time they caught it. I read the clinical literature, and she probably had about 3 months to live. BUT: her cancer had a druggable mutation. She took Tarceva, then Tagrisso. She lived 7 years, before an aggressive lymphoma finally ended things. The side effects were not pleasant. Her hair and skin got weird, and she had extensive digestive problems. But I am immensely grateful to the researchers who developed these drugs and allowed her to live long enough to see her first grandchild make it to kindergarten.
• 1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago
  Works where archive.ph is blocked: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/lung-cancer-was-a-death-sentence-now-drugs-are-saving-lives/ar-BB1ntKbB https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/lung-cancer-was-a-dea... Text-only: https://assets.msn.com/content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/BB1ntKbB https://assets.msn.com/content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/BB1ntKbB