A 43-year-old woman is at the clinic for a routine examinati…
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A 43-yeаr-оld wоmаn is аt the clinic fоr a routine examination. She reports that she has had a breast lump in her right breast for years. Recently, it has begun to change in consistency and is becoming harder. She reports that 5 years ago her medical provider evaluated the lump and determined that it “was nothing to worry about.” Your examination validates the presence of a mass in the right upper outer portion of the right breast. It is fixed, hard, nontender, with borders that are not well defined. The advanced practice nurse's recommendation to her is: