A client asks whether a benign tumor is cancerous. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "No, these rarely require drug treatment."
2. "No, but if surgically removed, it will grow back."
3. "Yes, this word is often used interchangeably with tumor."
4. "Yes, these grow rapidly and can become resistant to treatment."
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Rationale 1: Benign tumors grow slowly, do not metastasize, and rarely require drug treatment. Although they do not kill patients, their growth can cause pressure on nerves, blood vessels, or other tissues. When this occurs, they may be surgically removed; they do not normally grow back.
Rationale 2:"No, but if surgically removed, it will grow back" is incorrect because if surgically removed, they rarely grow back.
Rationale 3:"Yes, this word is often used interchangeably with tumor" is incorrect because neoplasm is used interchangeably with tumor.
Rationale 4:"Yes, these grow rapidly and can become resistant to treatment" is incorrect because this refers to a malignant tumor.
Global Rationale: Benign tumors grow slowly, do not metastasize, and rarely require drug treatment. Although they do not kill patients, their growth can cause pressure on nerves, blood vessels, or other tissues. When this occurs, they may be surgically removed; they do not normally grow back.
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