Your Patient Is Scheduled for a Staging Procedure

question 14

Multiple Choice

Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure.She wants to know what that means.The correct response is which of the following?

• A) It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread.
• B) It is a histologic examination of tissues to determine the degree of tumor differentiation.
• C) Is based on exploratory surgery.
• D) It is biochemical testing of tumor cells to determine the genetic basis of the tumor.

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