A patient asks the nurse what a cancer cell's growth rate is called. What is the nurse's best response?
A) Cancer cell's growth rate is called proliferation.
B) Cancer cell's growth rate is called anaplasia.
C) Cancer cell's growth rate is called pleomorphism.
D) Cancer cell's growth rate is called neoplasm.
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A cancer cell growth rate is called proliferation. Anaplasia is the loss of organization and structure, pleomorphism is the occurrence of more than one shape of the cell, and a neoplasm is the term for a new or cancerous growth occurring when abnormal cells have the opportunity to multiply and grow.
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