The nurse instructs a patient who is on a biologic response modifier (BMR) colony-stimulating drug that the effect of this type of drug is to:
a. increase appetite.
b. seek out and kill specific colonies of neoplasms.
c. enhance recovery of bone marrow.
d. reduce pain.
C
BMRs enhance and support the recovery of suppressed bone marrow resulting from radiation and chemotherapy.
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