About Me: Male, 75, Bellport, NY, member since Jun 2009
My wife was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer two and a half months ago. It spread to her femur. According to her PET scan on June 8: "Diffuse mone marrow hypermetabolism is reflecting effects of chemotherapy." She also had thirteen sessions of radiation for a
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[More] mass on her femur. I'm trying to get a handle on the terminology; therefore, I'm asking for a definition of "hypermetabolic".
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