A Nurse Is Teaching a Patient Who Will Undergo Chemotherapy

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a patient who will undergo chemotherapy with fluorouracil [Adrucil] to treat a solid tumor. Which statement by the patient indicates understanding of this chemotherapeutic agent's actions?

• A) "Fluorouracil acts to deprive cancer cells of thymidylate needed to make DNA."
• B) "Fluorouracil causes accumulation of adenosine, which inhibits DNA synthesis."
• C) "Fluorouracil disrupts the biosynthesis of nucleic acids."
• D) "Fluorouracil inhibits DNA polymerase in cancer cells."

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