A 16-year-old adolescent is diagnosed with osteosarcoma and has evidence of metastasis. The nurse calculates the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) daily. The patient asks the nurse to explain the ANC. Which information does the nurse provide?
A) The ANC is a measure of how well treatment is being tolerated by the body.
B) The ANC is total percentage of eosinophils plus the total percentage of basophils divided by the RBC.
C) The ANC provides a daily count of the number of antibodies in the circulating blood.
D) ANC measures of three types of white blood cells. A lower ANC indicates vulnerability to infection.
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