My husband age 37, was recently diagnosed with Carcinoid in the, small intestine, spllen and liver. He had a chemoembolization in September on 1/2 of his liver (he had developed a large tumor on his liver causing him a lot of pain) . We recently met with his Oncologist for a follow up, he stated all of his labs looked good and thigns are going in the right direction, I was so excited with the news I had some questions for him that I forgot to ask. The Doc said my husband could potentially go another year without having another chemo treatment. Wouldnt they be better off getting the existing cancer treated?? I understand Carcninoid is a slow growing cancer but I guess I dont understand why they are not going to treat the existing cancer until he starts to feel pain which would tell us another tumor is brewing. My husband is feeling great right now, no pain and felling pretty healthy, other than he is tired alot. The plan is to monitor him every three months with labs, a 24 hour urine catch and an MRI to follow his progress. The tumor he had has currently shrunk by 50% but I am also told this is a temporary fix. He is not a candidate for transplant as his cancer is all over his liver. I am told he will never be "Cancer Free" , and we understand that but it seems to me they should be moving on this quicker. Can anyone shed some light on this for me???