A patient newly diagnosed with breast cancer states that her physician suspects regional lymph node involvement and told her that there are signs of metastatic disease
The nurse learns that the patient has been diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. What is an implication of this diagnosis?
A) The patient is not a surgical candidate.
B) The patient's breast cancer is considered highly treatable.
C) There is a 10% chance that the patient's cancer will self-resolve.
D) The patient has a 15% chance of 5-year survival.
Ans: D
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The 5-year survival rate is approximately 15% for stage IV breast cancer. Surgery is still a likely treatment, but the disease would not be considered to be "highly treatable." Self-resolution of the disease is not a possibility.
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