The nurse is caring for a patient after a modified radical mastectomy for a breast tumor that has been determined to be positive for estrogen receptors (ER+) and has been placed on a protocol of tamoxifen.The patient then asks the nurse,"Do you think I should take this medication?" Which of the following statements is the most appropriate?
A) "Tamoxifen will probably not be effective because your tumor was ER+."
B) "If I were you, I would do what the physician recommends."
C) "I think that you should take tamoxifen, because the tumor was ER+."
D) "Tamoxifen is an option to consider, because your tumor was ER+."
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