Excerpt from Battling Cancer: One Woman's Journey Tracy Wilson Initially, they would feel the same shock and dismay Julianne exp
erienced after receiving the devastating news. As the shock wore off and cancer became the reality they would be living, they immediately offered tremendous support. Along with her parents and a close friend, Julianne went to the oncologist her doctor had recommended to determine a treatment plan to combat her cancer. The oncologist was optimistic that with a combination of surgery to remove the cancerous cells followed by six chemotherapy treatments to ensure that all of the cells were destroyed, Julianne could overcome this cancer and go into remission. He determined that since Julianne’s cancer had been discovered in an early stage of development, perhaps her fertility could also be saved. Julianne had dreamed of having children ever since she was a child herself, so this news was very encouraging. The article suggests that in addition to surgery to remove the cancerous cells, chemotherapy treatment would be necessary to- A) to boost her immune system B) to cure the virus that caused the cancer. C) to reduce the number of blood cells in her body. D) to reduce the chance that the cancer would reoccur.
C) To reduce the number of blood cells in her body
"with a combination of surgery to remove the cancerous cells" and "to ensure that all of the cells were destroyed".
So therefore, the blood cell count being reduced was crucial to the treatment, because some of the cells were cancerous, and needed to be removed to stop the spread of the terrible disease.
