In reviewing the pathophysiology of a particular type of cancer, the nurse correlates the generation time for cancer development with which description?
a. The rate at which cancer cells are able to migrate and metastasize to different sites
b. How long it takes for a malignant tumor to double in size by mitotic cell divisions
c. The period of time needed for one cell to divide into two cells by mitosis
d. The period of time between cell damage and expression of a malignancy
C
Generation time is defined as the period of time necessary for one cell to complete a round of cell division.
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