A nurse preparing a teaching plan for a client recently diagnosed with cancer will include the fact about growth patterns of cancer that cancer cells
a. exhibit contact inhibition.
b. grow in adverse conditions, such as lack of nutrients.
c. have a growth rate equal to or less than cell death rate.
d. proliferate in response to specific stimuli.
B
Cancer cells grow in adverse conditions that contribute to a weakened immune system (e.g., lack of nutrients). The cells also proliferate in response to abnormal stimuli and do not exhibit contact inhibition, and the rate of cell formation exceeds that of cell death.
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