My brother has been hospitalized twice since April because he can't eat due to radiation inflammation of his esophagus- stage 4 adenocarcinoma. It's not the cancer that's killing him now, it's the subsequent treatment. He' got a feeding tube but gets full so fast and nauseous that it doesn't provide enough sustenance. It is back to the ER for us probably, so he can be admitted again. Just trying our best, and every and all soft food,liquid, pureed smoothie to keep him from starving to death.