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A patient has just been told that she has malignant melanoma. The nurse caring for this patient explains that the first and most important treatment for malignant melanoma is what?
 
  A) Chemotherapy
  B) Immunotherapy
  C) Wide excision
  D) Radiation therapy

Question 2

In the oncology nursing portion of their medicalsurgical class, the nursing students are learning about Kaposi's sarcoma.
 
  Because of the student's knowledge of pathophysiology, the student nurse would be correct in identifying this type of skin malignancy as affecting which portion(s) of the body?
  A) Chest and back only
  B) Invaded breast tissue
  C) Infiltrated lymph nodes only
  D) Multiple body organs


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
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