The nurse is reviewing data within a patient's health history. Which factor in the history should the nurse recognize as related to the development of familial adenomatous polyposis?
1. The patient eats a diet high in red meat.
2. The patient has never had the recommended screening colonoscopy.
3. The patient's grandfather died of colon cancer.
4. The patient had a basal cell skin cancer removed 2 year ago.
Correct Answer: 3
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an inherited disorder characterized by progressive development of colorectal adenomas. Unless treated, colorectal cancer inevitably occurs by the fourth or fifth decade of life. Red meat, not having colonoscopies, and having basal cell skin cancer do not predispose the patient to this disorder.
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