Joe, I had 5.5 weeks of radiation at MD Anderson. 4.5 weeks were proton, because of pent-up demand, their machine having been down for maintenance. I also had three weekly sessions chemo, but I reacted badly to the third session, so we terminated those. Mine was squamous, stage III, confined to the esophagus. I was offered but declined surgery, mainly because of age and the possible length of time it could take to rehab from it. If your dad is considering hospice, his diagnosis must be quite different from mine...