The nurse is participating in a community education event on cancer and is planning a display describing the difference between malignant and benign tumors
Which information would the nurse include as characteristic of malignancy? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Malignant tumors grow in an infiltrative pattern.
2. Malignant tumors grow rapidly.
3. Malignant tumors grow within a fibrous capsule.
4. Malignant tumors are poorly differentiated.
5. Malignant tumors have a good blood supply.
1,4,5
Rationale 1: Malignant masses infiltrate the surrounding tissues. Benign tumors grow expansively.
Rationale 2: Rate of growth is not a determining factor.
Rationale 3: Benign tumors are encapsulated. Malignant tumors are not.
Rationale 4: Malignant tumors are composed of cells that lose differentiation.
Rationale 5: Malignant tumors tend to have better vascularity than benign tumors.
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