Your patient has advanced stage cancer and her liver is starting to fail.One consequence is markedly reduced plasma proteins.In what way might this affect her endocrine system?
A) Transport of all hormones in the blood is compromised
B) No change to endocrine system function
C) A reduction in the synthesis of steroid hormones by the liver
D) A reduction in the rate of hydrophobic hormones like steroid and thyroid hormones reaching their target tissues
E) A reduction in the rate of peptide-type hormones reaching their target tissues
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