[Verified Answer]: A client with an advanced laryngeal tumor…

A client with an advanced laryngeal tumor is to have radiation therapy. The client tells the nurse, If I am going to have radiation, I wont need surgery. What is the best response by the nurse? That is correct. The radiation will eradicate the tumor and you wont have to have further treatment. All clients have to have radiation before they have surgery. It is protocol. Radiation is used to shrink the tumor size and is an adjunct to surgery. You really dont have to have radiation but you wont have to have such invasive surgery if you have the radiation first.