A client has not responded to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. What option may be available for treatment for this client?
A) If chemotherapy and radiation do not work, there is no other treatment.
B) Aldesleukin
C) Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors
D) Colony-stimulating factor
B
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Aldesleukin is a genetically engineered from of human interleukin-2 . It is being used as biologic therapy for clients who have not responded to conventional cancer treatments to stimulate the immune system's ability to target cancer cells. Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors were originally going to be used for shrinking tumors but were found ineffective. Colony-stimulating factors help with manufacturing blood cells.
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