When teaching a community education class about the seven warning signs of cancer, the nurse will note that the most common sign of bladder cancer is
A)
inability to empty the bladder fully.
B)
colic spasms of the ureters.
C)
painless bloody urine.
D)
passage of large clots after voiding.
Ans:
C
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The most common sign of bladder cancer is painless hematuria. Gross hematuria is a presenting sign in the majority of people with the disease, and microscopic hematuria is present in most others. Answer choice A refers to flaccid bladder; answer choice B refers to kidney stones; answer choice D refers to clots that are usually seen after surgery such as TURP where bladder irrigation is called for to prevent the clots from blocking urine output.
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