The nurse assesses which client most carefully for cancer development?
a. Young man receiving radiation therapy for a brain tumor
b. Young adult woman who recently had postpartum hemorrhage
c. Adolescent male recently diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
d. Older woman undergoing chemotherapy for bowel cancer
D
Age and immune suppression are two of the greatest risk factors for cancer development. The young man with brain cancer and the adolescent are at increased risk, but their risk is not as great as that of the older woman undergoing chemotherapy for bowel cancer. Postpartum hemorrhage is not related to cancer development.
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a. true b. false