A patient's carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level was initially16 ng/mL. The current level is 6 ng/mL. How would the nurse evaluate this change?
1. The patient's treatment for cancer is effective.
2. The patient's treatment regimen should be more aggressive.
3. The patient has a new cancer site.
4. The patient's cancer is gone.
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Rationale 1: CEA levels can be used to assess response to treatment. The decline in CEA level means the treatment is working.
Rationale 2: The value does not indicate the need for more aggressive treatment.
Rationale 3: This laboratory test cannot determine new cancer sites.
Rationale 4: The test result is still elevated, so the cancer is probably still present. It would require more than one test to determine it has been eliminated.
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