My son and I found OCF only after he had started Rad Tx. At that time, in a group consult with his cancer team, they asked him if he wanted a PEG and my son, my daughter and a nurse friend and I all answered together, "No!". (What did we know !?) At the time, my idea of tube feeding seemed like forever thing. The benefits were never explained nor that it could have been only temporary in order to help lessen the effects of radiation. Thinking back to the struggle Paul had and how I could see him suffer through treatment, I think a Peg could have helped him. He lost a lot of weight - I don't know how much because after losing 20 lbs, he was very secretive about how much he weighed. All I know is that his jeans threatened to fall on the ground every time he got up to walk into the Rad room for Tx.