Well, my husband is stage 4 rectal cancer. He has been fighting 2years and 2months. This round of chemo has been 9 months. If he goes off chemo, his CEA levels sky rocket. Once the cancer metastasized, it is moving in the body. We are not any better off now then we were when we started this journey. His cancer is not curable, which has been told to us by 2 teams of cancer doctors in 2 states. My husband did not want want believe this. But now he gets it. We have been married 54 years. Our children are sad. We are a close family. Cancer sucks!