A client is being started on an immunotherapy drug. How can the nurse describe this treatment?

a. It stimulates the immune system to attack cancer cells.
b. It kills all cancer cells.
c. It interferes with DNA synthesis.
d. It affects the hormones to fight cancer cells.


a. It stimulates the immune system to attack cancer cells.
FEEDBACK:
a. An immunotherapy drug stimulates the immune system to attack the cancer cells.
b. An immunotherapy drug does something in particular. .
c. An immunotherapy drug does something else. .
d. An immunotherapy drug does something else. .

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