Health Promotion and Maintenance Q 116

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A 51-year-old female client tells the nurse-in-charge that she has found a painless lump in her right breast during her monthly self-examination. Which assessment finding would strongly suggest that this client’s lump is cancerous?

  

     A. Eversion of the right nipple and mobile mass

     B. Nonmobile mass with irregular edges

     C. Mobile mass that is soft and easily delineated

     D. Nonpalpable right axillary lymph nodes

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Nonmobile mass with irregular edges

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Breast cancer tumors are fixed, hard, and poorly delineated with irregular edges.

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Option A: Nipple retraction — not eversion — may be a sign of cancer.

Option C: A mobile mass that is soft and easily delineated is most often a fluid-filled benign cyst.

Option D: Axillary lymph nodes may or may not be palpable on initial detection of a cancerous mass.

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