Which statement indicates that the patient understands teaching about diagnostic examinations for cancer?
a. "I will have less scarring if my surgeon uses an incision to biopsy my breast."
b. "My CEA level will be low if my pancreatic cancer returns."
c. "The doctor will monitor my ovarian cancer remission with the CA-125 test."
d. "My colonoscopy results were great, so I won't need another one for 5 years."
C
The CA-125 is one of the tests the physician will monitor to detect the presence of ovarian cancer or recurrence of ovarian cancer after therapy. Fine-needle biopsy causes the least amount of scarring during breast cancer biopsy. The patient's CEA level will rise if pancreatic cancer is present. Recommendations suggest a colonoscopy every 10 years if the examination is negative and there is no family history of colon cancer.
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