A community nurse is participating in a health promotion fair and has been asked by a middle-aged woman about the necessity of breast self-examination BSE. How should the nurse respond to the woman's inquiry?
A) "Breast self-examination is the single most valuable tool in the fight against breast cancer."
B) "Breast self-examination is a useful practice, but it is only recommended for women 65 years and older."
C) "Breast self-examination used to be recommended for all adult women, but new recommendations limit it to women of childbearing age."
D) "Breast self-examination may have some benefit, but it is no longer a recommended screening activity."
D
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In November 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force made the controversial recommendation that teaching BSE is unnecessary because there is no net benefit.
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