Cancer Is Apt to Develop in Individuals Who Exhibit an Immunodeficiency

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Multiple Choice

Cancer is apt to develop in individuals who exhibit an immunodeficiency. For Example, people with AIDS develop a cancer of the blood vessels called Kaposi's sarcoma. Transplant patients who are on immunosuppressive drugs are more apt to develop lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma. Persons who inherit an immunodeficiency are also more apt to develop these cancers. Sylvia S. Mader, Human Biology, 4th ed.

• A) Argument; conclusion: Persons who inherit an immunodeficiency ... cancers.
• B) Argument; conclusion: Transplant patients ... lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma.
• C) Argument; conclusion: People with AIDS ... Kaposi's sarcoma.
• D) Nonargument.
• E) Argument; conclusion: Cancer is apt to develop ... an immunodeficiency.

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