Cytoxan is ordered for a client who will be receiving her first chemotherapy for ovarian cancer today. Since no other chemotherapy agent is prescribed for her, the nurse should recognize that:
a. after today's administration of medication, the same therapy will be repeated at regular intervals over the course of a year
b. the client's cancer has not metastasized
c. the client will remain in the hospital to receive a regimen of the drug over the course of 5 days
d. this drug may be given in conjunction with other chemotherapy agents, depending on the severity and extent of the cancer
B
Cytoxan is often administered alone for the treatment of ovarian cancer that has not metastasized.
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