A client has recently been diagnosed with stage III endometrial cancer and asks the nurse for an explanation. What response by the nurse is correct about the staging of the cancer?
a. "The cancer has spread to the mucosa of the bowel and bladder."
b. "It has reached the vagina or lymph nodes."
c. "The cancer now involves the cervix."
d. "It is contained in the endometrium of the cervix."
ANS: B
Stage III of endometrial cancer reaches the vagina or lymph nodes. Stage I is confined to the endometrium. Stage II involves the cervix, and stage IV spreads to the bowel or bladder mucosa and/or beyond the pelvis.
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