A Patient Asks the Nurse About Possible Options Regarding Treatment

question 33

Multiple Choice

A patient asks the nurse about possible options regarding treatment for a malignant melanoma lesion on her arm. The best response by the nurse would bewhich of the following?

• A)"The preferred method of treatment is to remove all the cancer surgically."
• B)"An anti-cancer cream will be used to dissolve the lesion."
• C)"You will receive radiation to the skin lesion as a first method of treatment."
• D)"You will receive intravenous chemotherapy as a first method of treatment"

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