An adult male patient is being administered immunosuppressant agents on a long-term basis. Which of the following assessments should be made routinely with the use of long-term immunosuppressant therapy?
A) Yearly bronchoscopy
B) Yearly skin assessment
C) Yearly bladder biopsy
D) Yearly prostate examination
B
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The most common malignancies among transplant recipients are skin cancers and lymphomas. The patient should be assessed annually for skin cancer. The patient will not require a yearly bronchoscopy. The patient will not require a yearly bladder biopsy. The male patient should have a yearly prostate examination, but this examination is not required for immunosuppressant therapy.
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