The nurse explains that the signs and symptoms caused by cancer are a result of what?
A) Overgrowth of tumor cells
B) Enzymes that generate blood vessels
C) Tumor cells invading healthy tissue
D) Metastasis
C
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As cancer cells grow, they invade and damage healthy host tissues and this is what causes signs and symptoms of cancer. When cancer metastasizes, the tumor cells invade new tissue and other signs and symptoms occur. Cancer cells do overgrow and the abnormal cells do release enzymes that generate blood vessels, but this is not what causes the signs and symptoms of cancer. The effects of neoplasms are not caused by overgrowth of tumor cells, enzymes that generate blood vessels, or metastasis.
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