The client asks the nurse why cancer is difficult to cure. Which statement by the nurse is the most appropriate?
1. "Every cancer cell must be removed or destroyed to cure cancer."
2. "Most people will not take the medications."
3. "The only way to cure cancer is to use medication, surgery, and radiation in all clients."
4. "Surgery is the only way to cure cancer."
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Rationale 1: To cure a patient, it is believed that every single cancer cell must be eliminated from the body. Even one malignant cell could potentially produce enough offspring to kill the patient. Eliminating every cancer cell, however, is a very difficult task.
Rationale 2:"Most people will not take the medications" is incorrect because every cancer cell must be destroyed or removed to cure cancer.
Rationale 3:Not all three treatments are used in every client.
Rationale 4:Cancer can be treated with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or a combination of these.
Global Rationale: To cure a patient, it is believed that every single cancer cell must be eliminated from the body. Even one malignant cell could potentially produce enough offspring to kill the patient. Eliminating every cancer cell, however, is a very difficult task.
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