I think given where he is they likely have done all the necessary testing to get him through a tumor board, though you don't mention what they did. Also having now told us that he is in a multidisciplinary facility, been through tumor board etc., I wouldn't be second guessing the team. I hope that he has indeed ended up with a treatment protocol that will make his passage through all this short and easy, with a rapid return to a normal life. Unless he has a horrible reaction to the radiation that produces tons of mucocitis and inflamation, he may very well even dodge the PEG tube, and if necessary get by with a nasal tube like David did.