A Patient with Stage 0 Carcinoma of the Cervix That

question 31

Multiple Choice

A patient with stage 0 carcinoma of the cervix that was determined by cervical conization has been told by her physician she needs no further treatment at this time.She is concerned about the cancer and asks the nurse whether she should seek a second opinion.What is the most appropriate response?

• A) "Because of your age,further treatment of the cervical cancer is not indicated."
• B) "Stage 0 tumours take many years to spread,so you only need periodic examinations at this time."
• C) "Conization is used both to diagnose and to treat cervical cancer,so no further treatment is needed."
• D) "Unless the human papillomavirus tests are positive,there is no indication that more treatment is needed."

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Definitions:

Factor A

In experimental design, a variable that is deliberately manipulated to observe its effect on a dependent variable, often referred to as an independent variable.

Critical Value

The threshold value that a test statistic must exceed in order to reject the null hypothesis in a statistical test.

Df

Short for degrees of freedom, it refers to the number of independent values in a calculation that are free to vary.

Mean Square

The average of the squares of the differences between the observed and expected values, used in various statistical methods, such as ANOVA.