The nurse knows the mortality rate is high in lung cancer clients due to which factor?
A) Increase in women smokers
B) Increased incidence among the elderly
C) Increased exposure to industrial pollutants
D) Few early symptoms
D
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Because lung cancer produces few early symptoms, its mortality rate is high. Lung cancer has increased in incidence due to increase in number of women smokers, growing aging population, and exposure to pollutants but not indicative of mortality rates.
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