The nurse is reviewing a client's chemotherapy plan and notices that the client has been ordered to receive paclitaxel (Taxol). The nurse knows one of the Taxol's benefits is that:
a. it is a once-a-month injection
b. it causes less nausea than many other chemotherapeutic agents
c. it is an oral medication
d. it can be administered at home
B
Paclitaxel (Taxol) has demonstrated positive results in clinical trials with breast cancer therapies. It acts by prohibiting cell replication. One of the benefits of this agent is that it causes milder nausea than many of the other chemotherapy agents that are used.
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