The nurse recognizes the staging T3, N2, M2 of the patient's cancer to mean that there is a:
a. small tumor with fewer than two lymph nodes involved.
b. large tumor that is localized.
c. small tumor with adjacent nodes involved.
d. large tumor with extensive lymph node involvement.
D
The staging means a large tumor (T3) with involvement in regional lymph nodes (N2) and me-tastasis to distant lymph nodes (M2).
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