A patient diagnosed with cancer and scheduled to begin biotherapy asks the nurse how the therapy will treat the cancer. How should the nurse respond?
1. "It changes the body processes that caused the cancer by enhancing your own immunity.".
2. "It uses radiation implanted into the cancerous organ.".
3. "It uses laser therapy to remove the cancer.".
4. "It causes the blood flow to the tumor to be interrupted.".
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Rationale 1: Biotherapy modifies the biologic processes that result in malignant cells, primarily through enhancing the person's own immune responses.
Rationale 2: Brachytherapy is the implantation of radiation into the organ with the cancer.
Rationale 3: Photodynamic therapy uses medication that is activated by a laser to treat the cancer.
Rationale 4: Interrupting blood flow to the tumor is not the purpose of biotherapy.
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