
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 17
A 69-year-old woman asks the nurse whether it is possible to "catch" cancer because many of her friends of the same age have been diagnosed with different kinds of cancer.In responding to the woman, the nurse understands that what factor increases the incidence of tumors in older adults?
A) An increase in autoantibodies
B) Decreased activity of the bone marrow
C) Decreased differentiation of T lymphocytes
D) Decreased size and activity of the thymus gland
A) An increase in autoantibodies
B) Decreased activity of the bone marrow
C) Decreased differentiation of T lymphocytes
D) Decreased size and activity of the thymus gland
Explanation
D. Aging has a pronounced effect on the ...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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