We were told yesterday that my husband’s stage 4 bowel cancer (mets across the entire liver) is not suitable for surgery. He has so far had 5 rounds of folfox and has responded really well to it. His scans showed the rumours were shrinking and his CEA has tumbled from 1750 to 275. But still surgery is not an option and we are left with chemotherapy to manage it.
We wondered whether there is ever the option to do a liver transplant if the tumour in his bowel is removed? We didn’t think yesterday to ask this question. My husband did ask if the bowel tumour could be removed (with the hope that his stoma could be reversed) but was told no, because of the risks involved in that surgery. But if the bowel tumour could be removed because we had a live liver donor (no idea whether we have!) could a liver transplant be done? Is this ever an option?
Thanks
