Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is used as adjuvant therapy for a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The nurse teaches the patient that the purpose of therapy with this agent is to
A) enhance the patient's immunologic response to tumor cells.
B) stimulate malignant cells in the resting phase to enter mitosis.
C) prevent the bone marrow depression caused by chemotherapy.
D) protect normal cells from the harmful effects of chemotherapy.
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