A patient is admitted with possible cancer of the ovary. The nurse knows that malignant tumors of the ovary:
1. are frequently advanced and inoperable by the time they are diagnosed.
2. respond well to radiation and chemotherapy because of early detection.
3. are easily detected because symptoms appear early in a woman's life.
4. are directly related to pelvic inflammatory disease and other infections.
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High mortality is caused by ovarian cancer being asymptomatic until it is advanced.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 1068
OBJ: 4 TOP: Ovarian Cancer
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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