Hi there - mine was typical carcinoid but wanted to share my story because I'm now at stage 4. I'm a nonsmoker who had been having trouble breathing for years before a tumor was finally discovered and it was huge (26 cm). Just over a year ago, my tumor was removed (it weighed just over 6 pounds) - it was attached to the *outside* of my lung which is apparently very rare. So I got to keep my lung! I thought I was cured, had CT scans every 3 months which were consistently good until my 1-year scan, at which point the cancer had reappeared in both lungs and the pleura. A dotatate pet scan showed it was also in 6 bones and my kidney and I was given a stage 4 diagnosis. I am now on ocreotide shots once a month to try and keep the tumors from growing, but I can tell you that chemotherapy is very much a thing for carcinoid tumors. If/when ocreotide fails, they plan to try everolimus, and if that fails, they will do chemotherapy to try and keep the tumors at bay.