The 36-year-old client who has a suspicious mammogram says that her mother died of bone cancer when she was 40 years old. Which is the most important question for the nurse to ask this client next?
A. "Have any other members of your family had bone cancer?"
B. "Did your mother ever have any other type of cancer?"
C. "How old were you when you started your periods?"
D. "Did your mother have regular mammograms?"
B
Primary bone cancer is extremely uncommon among adults. Breast cancer often spreads to the bone. Many laypersons do not understand that breast cancer in the bone is still breast cancer. The client would be very young to have breast cancer; however, hereditary breast cancer occurs at young ages. It would be very important to know whether this client's mother had breast cancer.
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