Chief nurse shares her breast cancer story, including combination treatment of surgery and radiation

Nancy Page (photo by Jim Howe) Nancy Page (photo by Jim Howe) After
19 years of annual mammograms, something suspicious showed up on
After 19 years of annual mammograms, something suspicious showed up
on Nancy Page Nancy Page 's images. Page, chief nursing officer at
Upstate University Hospital, underwent a biopsy and was diagnosed
with an early stage of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in
situ. At age 59, she became one of the estimated 60,000 women who
receive the diagnosis each year. Page shares her personal story and
how she decided to undergo 's images. Page, chief nursing officer
at Upstate University Hospital, underwent a biopsy and was
diagnosed with an early stage of breast cancer called ductal
carcinoma in situ. At age 59, she became one of the estimated
60,000 women who receive the diagnosis each year. Page shares her
personal story and how she decided to undergo intraoperative
radiation therapy (IORT) intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT), a
procedure combining surgery to remove the tumor with radiation
delivered to the tumor space., a procedure combining surgery to
remove the tumor with radiation delivered to the tumor space.