A nurse is caring for a client with cancer. The nurse teaches the client about which potentially undesirable cellular alterations that can occur during the cell cycle?
Select all that apply.
A) Hyperplasia
B) Differentiation
C) Anaplasia
D) Dysphagia
E) Adaptation
Answer: A, C
Potentially undesirable cellular alterations that can occur during the cell cycle include hyperplasia and anaplasia. Hyperplasia is an increase in the number or density of normal cells, while anaplasia is the regression of a cell to an immature or undifferentiated cell type. Differentiation is a normal process occurring over many cell cycles that allows cells to specialize in certain tasks. Dysphagia and adaptation are not a part of the cell cycle.
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