The client tells the nurse, "The doctor says my breast tumor was at B stage. What does that mean?" The nurse explains that the staging describes:
1. "The type of cancer cells."
2. "Where the tumor tissue originated."
3. "The rate of growth of the cancer cells."
4. "The size of the tumor and extent of the cancer."
Answer: 4
1. Classification identifies the type of cancer cell.
2. Classification identifies the tissue or cell origin.
3. Grading estimates the rate of growth.
4. Staging of tumors provides the relative size of the tumor and extent of disease.
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