A nurse is giving an example of inflammation as an etiology for cancer development. What is the best example the nurse should give?
a. Pneumonia and lung cancer
b. Ulcerative colitis and colon cancer
c. Prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer
d. Hypercholesterolemia and leukemia
ANS: B
Individuals with a 10+ year history of ulcerative colitis have a 30-fold increase in developing co-lon cancer. There is no relationship between pneumonia and lung cancer; between prostatic hy-pertrophy and cancer of the prostate; and between hypercholesterolemia and leukemia.
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