The nurse is preparing a community education program about cancer. Which is a client-appropriate definition about how potential cancer cells are created and managed by the body?
A) Immunocompetence declines with aging, and older adults are more susceptible to tumor development.
B) Cancer-causing substances and changed cells are recognized as "non-self" invaders and are attacked.
C) Some cancers are inherited, and hereditary genetic mutations are passed from parents to offspring.
D) Everyone has tumor suppressor genes, which normally function to restrain cell growth.
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