A patient is diagnosed with a brain tumor. He is told the cancer cells proliferate. The patient asks the nurse what this means. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "The proliferation is the growth of cancer cells and the rate of growth."
B) "The proliferation of cancer cells is the metastasis of the tumor."
C) "The proliferation of the cancer cells is the suppression of growth."
D) "The proliferation of the cancer cells is the treatment with chemotherapy."
A
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