[HN Gopher] Lung Cancer Was a Death Sentence. Now Drugs Are Savi...
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       Lung Cancer Was a Death Sentence. Now Drugs Are Saving Lives
        
       Author : jseliger
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2024-06-02 20:26 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | jseliger wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/MEu7S
        
         | ProjectArcturis wrote:
         | Sadly this doesn't seem to work anymore.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Recent and related:
       | 
       |  _Trial results for new lung cancer drug are 'off the charts'_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40537026 - May 2024 (49
       | comments)
        
       | ProjectArcturis wrote:
       | 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.
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       | BUT: her cancer had a druggable mutation. She took Tarceva, then
       | Tagrisso. She lived 7 years, before an aggressive lymphoma
       | finally ended things.
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       | 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.
        
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