A Patient Asks the Nurse About Possible Options Regarding Treatment

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient asks the nurse about possible options regarding treatment for a malignant melanoma lesion on the arm. Which response by the nurse would be most accurate?

• A) "The preferred method of treatment is to remove all the cancer surgically."
• B) "An anticancer cream will be used to dissolve the lesion."
• C) "Radiation to the skin lesion will be the first method of treatment."
• D) "Intravenous chemotherapy will be the initial method of treatment."

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