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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
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

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
Explanation
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