The client who has just been diagnosed with invasive infiltrating ductal carcinoma asks what this means. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "The cancer has spread from the breast ducts into surrounding breast tissue."
B. "The cancer has spread from the breast into local lymph nodes and channels."
C. "The cancer has spread from the breast into surrounding tissues and organs."
D. "The cancer has spread from the breast into distant tissues and organs."
A
The term invasive when applied to infiltrating ductal carcinoma means that the cancer cells are no longer confined to ductal tissue but have spread into surrounding breast tissue. This term alone, however, does not indicate that the disease has spread beyond the breast itself.
You might also like to view...
The nurse assisting with care of high-risk neonates measures output by:
1. Squeezing urine out of diapers. 2. Inserting an indwelling catheter. 3. Weighing diapers. 4. Withdrawing urine from diapers with a syringe.
In regard to American families, the nurse understands that which of the following is true?
a. The number of single-parent families is increasing. b. Single fathers head most single-parent families. c. Most single parent families are the result of the death of one parent. d. Father-only families are on the rise.
What does the "grounded" in grounded theory mean?
a. Small pieces of data are "ground up" in the analysis process. b. The theory that emerges is "grounded" in real-world data. c. No theory is groundless. d. All data must be "on the ground" and written out fully.
The nurse educates the obese older adult patient that the single most important outcome that will affect cardiac health is
a. compliance with drug therapy. b. adherence to the DASH diet. c. 20 minutes of exercise daily. d. a 10% reduction in weight.