A young man asks the nurse about the goal of the cancer therapy his mother is receiving. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "The goal is to limit the cancer cells so the immune system can respond without causing too much toxicity to your mother."
B) "The goal is to kill the cancer cells as quickly as possible before they can spread so your mother will be well again."
C) "The goal is to control the speed at which new cancer cells grow so the medication has a better chance to work."
D) "The goal is to keep the cancer cells from spreading all over your mother's body and choose the drug with the fewest adverse effects."
A
Feedback:
The goal of cancer therapy, much like that of anti-infective therapy, is to limit the offending cells to the degree that the immune system can then respond without causing too much toxicity to the host. Therefore, options B, C, and D are not correct.
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