A client with advanced breast cancer, who has had both chemotherapy and radiation therapy, is to start hormonal therapy. Which agent would the nurse expect the client to receive?
A) Progestins
B) Tamoxifen
C) Cortisone
D) Estrogen
B
Feedback:
The objective of endocrine therapy is to block or counter the effect of estrogen in the pathogenesis of cancer. The best-known agent is tamoxifen. Use of progestins along with estrogens in postmenopausal women increases a woman's risk for breast cancer. In addition, estrogen is considered to play a major role in the development of breast cancer and as such would not be used. Cortisone is a steroid and would not be used.
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