A patient will soon begin targeted therapy as a component of her treatment plan for chronic leukemia
The nurse is conducting health education about this new aspect of the patient's drug regimen and the patient has asked about the potential side effects of treatment. How should the nurse best respond?
A) "Chemotherapy causes a lot of unpleasant side effects, and the advantage of targeted therapies is that these are all avoided."
B) "Targeted therapies are often more effective than traditional chemotherapy, but the downside of this effectiveness is that adverse effects are more common and severe."
C) "The adverse effects to targeted therapies are most often a result of the patient's cancer, not the drugs themselves."
D) "Both classes of drugs have adverse effects, but targeted therapies tend to have less of an effect on healthy body cells."
D
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