A Client Receiving Tamoxifen (Tamofen)asks How This Therapy Helps Fight

question 20

Multiple Choice

A client receiving tamoxifen (Tamofen) asks how this therapy helps fight breast cancer.Which is the nurse's best response?

• A) "This agent decreases estrogen levels. so the cancer stops growing."
• B) "The drug causes you to secrete testosterone, which limits cancer growth."
• C) "Tamoxifen kills estrogen-secreting cells and growth of blood vessels to cancer cells."
• D) "It blocks estrogen receptors, and this limits cancer cell growth."

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Wilhelm Wundt

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