Deciding on Treatment. For most people, stage 4 colon cancer is not considered curable. However, it can almost always be treated. People can live many months and even years with stage 4 colon cancer.

During Thanksgiving 2013, Emma Dimery, then 23, experienced intense stomach cramps. After a blood test during her annual physical uncovered low hemoglobin levels, she underwent numerous tests and ...

A Minnesota woman was told her stage 4 colon cancer couldn’t be cured. Two years later, she’s cancer-free — and says a last-chance clinical trial gave her back her life.

Heather Candrilli, 36, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in May 2024 after having to pay more out-of-pocket for the preventive procedure, which was not covered by insurance because she was ...

I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The oncologist said they couldn't see the cancer that well on the CT scan because I had so much muscle and so little fat. It didn't make sense and I shut down.

Ultimately, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer, and Dimery eventually ran out of treatment options. Then she learned of a clinical trial that could help her.