Please read and help if you can.....?!

My dads best friend, my Uncle Frank has been diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer!. It is a very large tumour and so they gave him a CAT Scan and he has told us that is 'in both lungs and four other ''hotspots''!.!.!.!.!.' He has also had lazer treatment on his gullet so that he can eat!.
He hasn't been given a timeframe!. (well if he has, he's not telling us!.!.!.) He's going to have 3 cycles of chemo, each lasting 3 wks, starting asap!.

What I want to ask is:
1) Is a 'hotspot' a tech medical term for somewhere else it has spread to or is this just him not wanting to list the places it has spread to!?
2) What are the chances of them getting rid of all of it!? They can't operate so I'm guessing not good!.
3) Survival!? How bad are these cancers!? How long could he have!?

Sorry, I know these are unanswerable questions but I don't want to press my Uncle Frank or Dad!.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give!. xWww@Answer-Health@Com

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