A Client Receiving Antineoplastic Agents in the Treatment of Lung

question 29

Multiple Choice

A client receiving antineoplastic agents in the treatment of lung cancer has been told that treatment options are limited.The nurse explains that lung cancer has a decreased sensitivity to antineoplastic agents because lung cancer cells:

• A)have a very erratic cell cycle,and there is little difference between the number of replicating and resting cells.
• B)grow for a long time before detection and are therefore less sensitive to antineoplastic agents.
• C)grow in a high-oxygen environment and are therefore not very sensitive to antineoplastic agents.
• D)have a low growth fraction,so there is little difference between the number of replicating and resting cells.

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The process through which living organisms evolve across generations due to changes in genetic material, often resulting from adaptation, mutation, or environmental shifts.

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