A patient with liver cancer has been admitted to hospice. The patient asks why he developed this disease. The nurse knows there is a high likelihood this patient has which medical history?
1. Alcohol consumption
2. Frequent nausea and vomiting
3. H. pylori
4. Sexually transmitted infections
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Rationale 1: This patient most likely has a past history of alcohol consumption, heavy smoking, hepatitis B or C, or anabolic steroid use.
Rationale 2: There is no correlation between frequent nausea and vomiting and the development of liver cancer.
Rationale 3: There is no correlation between the presence of H. pylori and the development of liver cancer. However, H. pylori can cause more problems with hepatic encephalopathy.
Rationale 4: There is no correlation between sexually transmitted infections and the development of liver cancer.
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