Your Patient Is Scheduled for a Staging Procedure

Multiple Choice

Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure.She wants to know what that means.The correct response is which of the following?

A) It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread.
B) It is a histologic examination of tissues to determine the degree of tumor differentiation.
C) Is based on exploratory surgery.
D) It is biochemical testing of tumor cells to determine the genetic basis of the tumor.