A Man Is Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer

question 18

Multiple Choice

A man is diagnosed with prostate cancer.Which of the following data should the nurse know to answer the man when he asks,"What are the chances I'll survive this thing?"

• A) Attack rate
• B) Case fatality rate
• C) Cause-specific morbidity rate
• D) Crude mortality rate

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