A patient who received a kidney transplant 2 years ago has been diagnosed with skin cancer. He tells the nurse that he cannot believe that he has cancer since he has already gone through "so much" with the kidney disease. How should the nurse respond to this patient's statement?
1. "It is unusual for malignancies to develop this long after transplant."
2. "Patients on long-term medications to prevent organ rejection are at risk for developing cancer."
3. "At least this cancer will not affect the transplanted kidney."
4. "Everyone can develop cancer at any time."
Answer: 2
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