At Hopkins she learned the tumor resided on her optic nerve and it was inoperable. She needed radiation treatment to shrink the active tumor. Without treatment, she would continue to lose her vision and was told the loss was irreversible.
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Just after surgery in mid March, Denise’s surgeon called her and said they found cancer in her lymph node. She said: “You will need radiation treatment and we will find out if you need chemotherapy when we receive your oncotype scores in early April.”
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This was Nancy’s second time with cancer and the type and location of her cancer was unique. Proton radiation served its purpose of being precise to shrink Nancy’s tumor and preserve the surrounding healthy tissue.
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