An oncology nurse is reviewing the pathophysiology of cancer and is discussing with a colleague the factors that contribute to the success or failure of a patient's chemotherapy.
Which of the following cancerous cells is most susceptible to the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs?
A) Cells with a long generation time
B) Cells that lack contact inhibition
C) Cells that have a rapid mitotic rate
D) Cells that lack a blood supply
Question 2
A 56-year-old man with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer has been told by his oncologist that chemotherapy will have the benefit of shrinking the man's tumor prior to bowel resection surgery. This patient's physician is describing
A) palliative therapy.
B) consolidation therapy.
C) maintenance therapy.
D) neoadjuvant therapy.
Classes of colorectal cancer.
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A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter