A nurse is teaching a patient who will undergo chemotherapy with fluorouracil [Adrucil] to treat a solid tumor. Which statement by the patient indicates understanding of this chemotherapeutic agent's actions?
A) "Fluorouracil acts to deprive cancer cells of thymidylate needed to make DNA."
B) "Fluorouracil causes accumulation of adenosine, which inhibits DNA synthesis."
C) "Fluorouracil disrupts the biosynthesis of nucleic acids."
D) "Fluorouracil inhibits DNA polymerase in cancer cells."
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