A 78-Year-Old Woman Presents at the Emergency Department with Complaints

A 78-year-old woman presents at the emergency department with complaints of shortness of breath.She has a history of radiation therapy for a lung mass 7 years ago.When the client asks the nurse if it could be cancer again,the most therapeutic response would be:

A) "At your age,shortness of breath could be a result of any number of things."
B) "That is a possibility but it could also be a result of your radiation therapy."
C) "What makes you think that? Shortness of breath can have many different causes."
D) "I wouldn't jump to that conclusion.Let's just see what your health care provider thinks."