Which statement best defines concepts to be included in a teaching plan for a patient with cancer?
a. Cancer is a group of diseases. The cancer cells are different from the cells in the tissue of its origin in both the growth and spreading of abnormal cells.
b. Cancer is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Many hospitals have the highest number of patients with this diagnosis.
c. Americans who have a diagnosis of cancer die within 1 year or less.
d. When a person is genetically predisposed to a type of cancer, nothing can be done to prevent its occurrence.
A
Information about the disease and disease process is helpful to allay anxiety, as well as to instruct about its pathophysiologic changes.
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