A Child Needs Surgery to Resect a Tumor,but Is Scheduled

A child needs surgery to resect a tumor,but is scheduled for several weeks of radiation therapy first.The parents are frustrated and want to know why the surgery that can cure the cancer is being delayed.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A) "Children who have radiation first generally do better than others."
B) "If the radiation destroys the tumor, surgery will not be needed."
C) "Radiation will shrink the tumor, making it easier to get all of it out."
D) "The surgeons must be worried that they cannot get the whole tumor."