A patient asks the nurse about possible options regarding treatment for a malignant melanoma lesion on her arm. How should the nurse respond to this patient?
A) "The preferred method of treatment is to remove all the cancer surgically."
B) "An anti-cancer cream will be used to dissolve the lesion."
C) "You will receive radiation to the skin lesion as a first method of treatment."
D) "You will receive intravenous chemotherapy as a first method of treatment"
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