What’s left after Avastin and Longsurf?

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My husband has been on a palliative pathway for almost 3 years.

After his initial op in 2001 (stage 3) he was given Folfox mop up, and than the bombshell on a 6 month scan that cancer has spread to the retroperitoneal, lungs and neck and was deemed inoperable and incurable stage 4.

He was then on Cetuximab and Irinotecan for over 2 years that ceased working.

3 month ago he started on Avastin and Longsurf and now his CEA is going through the roof, the highest it’s ever been! I know some people don't ‘secrete’ the CEA, but over the course of this journey every increase in the CEA has meant progression even when he had small breaks from the Cetuximab etc.

My husband is due a scan on the 25th May with a consultation a week later. I need to be ready because I know they are going to pull the plug on the latest treatment. What options are left? Does anyone know?

Many thanks for reading.