A client newly diagnosed with bladder cancer questions the nurse about how the drugs used in chemotherapy work. How should the nurse respond?

a. Cancer drugs work by interfering or destroying the ability of cancer cells to replicate.
b. Cancer drugs work by taking the drug in low doses without a break to destroy the cancer cells.
c. Cancer drugs work by lowering the immune system to destroy foreign cells.
d. Cancer drugs work by destroying bone marrow and consequently the cancer itself.


a. Cancer drugs work by interfering or destroying the ability of cancer cells to replicate.
FEEDBACK:
a. Cancer drugs work by interfering or destroying the ability of cancer cells to replicate.
b. Cancer drugs are often taken intermittently in high doses. .
c. Cancer drugs do not destroy foreign cells by lowering the immune system. .
d. Cancer drugs do not destroy cancer cells by destroying the bone marrow. .

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