A 65-year-old man is receiving estrogen as therapy for prostate cancer.The client's wife is very confused about the reason this medication is being given, because it is a medication for "women." How can the nurse best explain this use of estrogen to this family?
A) "Estrogen helps to lift the mood of clients who have cancer."
B) "Estrogen blocks the hormones that allow the prostate cancer to grow."
C) "Estrogen will help the hot flashes that clients with prostate cancer usually have."
D) "Estrogen will help to restore sexual drive in a man with prostate cancer."
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