A Patient Asks When Adjuvant Chemotherapy Is Used

question 8

Multiple Choice

A patient asks when adjuvant chemotherapy is used.How should the nurse respond? Adjuvant chemotherapy treatment is used:

• A) as the primary treatment.
• B) before radiation therapy.
• C) after surgical removal of a tumor.
• D) in cancer with little risk of metastasis.

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