NUR 4385 - AH3 Exam 2 Evolve.

NUR 4385 - AH3 Exam 2 Evolve. MODULE 5 - CANCER 1. When caring for the patient with cancer, what does the nurse understand is the response of the immune system to antigens of the malignant cells? a. Metastasis b. Tumor angiogenesis c. Immunologic escape d. Immunologic surveillance Immunologic surveillance is the process in which lymphocytes check cell surface antigens and detect and destroy cells with abnormal or altered antigenic determinants to prevent these cells from developing into clinically detectable tumors. Metastasis is increased growth rate of the tumor, increased invasiveness, and spread of the cancer to a distant site in the progression stage of cancer development. Tumor angiogenesis is the process of blood vessels forming within the tumor itself. Immunologic escape is the cancer cells’ evasion of immunologic surveillance that allows the cancer cells to reproduce.