A client receiving tamoxifen (Tamofen) asks how this therapy helps fight breast cancer.Which is the nurse's best response?
A) "This agent decreases estrogen levels. so the cancer stops growing."
B) "The drug causes you to secrete testosterone, which limits cancer growth."
C) "Tamoxifen kills estrogen-secreting cells and growth of blood vessels to cancer cells."
D) "It blocks estrogen receptors, and this limits cancer cell growth."
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