A patient diagnosed with a primary brain tumor asks the nurse if this is a common disease.Which response is most appropriate for the nurse to make?

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About 200,000 new brain tumors are discovered each year in the United States with approximately 40,000 of those being primary tumors and the rest are metastatic tumors from a different site of origin.Many primary brain tumors are benign.Telling the patient his question doesn't really matter is dismissive and nontherapeutic.

A Patient Diagnosed with a Primary Brain Tumor Asks the Nurse