Parents of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) ask about their child's prognosis.The nurse should base the response on the knowledge that
A) leukemia is a fatal disease, although chemotherapy provides increasingly longer periods of remission.
B) research to find a cure for childhood cancers is very active.
C) the majority of children go into remission and remain symptom free when treatment is completed.
D) it usually takes several months of chemotherapy to achieve a remission.
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