Nurse April is teaching a group of women to perform breast self-examination. The nurse should explain that the purpose of performing the examination is to discover:
A. Fibrocystic masses
B. Changes from previous self-examinations
C. Areas of thickness or fullness
D. Cancerous lumps
Correct Answer: B. Changes from previous self-examinations
Option B: Women are instructed to examine themselves to discover changes that have occurred in the breast.
Options A, C, and D: Only a physician can diagnose lumps that are cancerous, areas of thickness or fullness that signal the presence of a malignancy, or masses that are fibrocystic as opposed to malignant.