You can't go wrong by going to one of the nation's best, Dana Farber. I would do this over seeing a doctor in private practice - you want a multidiciplinary approach. Chemotherapy by itself is not curative in oral cancers and is usually used in cobination with radiation. Concurrent therapy is the standard of care. Sounds like he is not currently in a multidiciplinary environment in Florida, unless there are some age frailty or other health issues that would compromise his ability to endure treatments. If would be good for him to be near family while he was going through all this and MA sounds like a good call.