CancerCompass message board discussion started by thesister on 9/6/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,15938,0.htm Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My sister had breast cancer 4 yrs ago and again, a new breast ca, 1 yr ago.  She recently had a PET scan of which the finding state:   Hypermetabolic mediastinal adenopathy presenting in upper anterio9r mediastinum extending inferiorly in rt. pretracheal space to subcarina.  Largest aggregate approx. 47 mm in anterior mediastinum, SUV 11.2 reflects metabolically aggressive tumor.  There is also PET tumor margination of rt. pleura with large rt. pleural effusion.  Hypermetabolic rt. retrocrural node in lower rt. hemithoras.  Additionally, there are several hypermetabolic tissue deposits in the rt. anterior chest, most conspicuous approx. 19 mm immeriately anterior to mid sternum.  Hypermetabolic 26 mm rt. hepatic subcapsular metastasis.  Physiologic bowel activity, sonewhat prominent in rt. colon.  Hypermetabolic lt. anterior iliac bone metastasis.Can anyone tell me what this all means.  I do understand that it in the liver.  Does anyone know how fast cancer usually advances in the liver. I appreciate any info I can get.  thesister Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Most of this has to do with the chest- I don't see any menntion of the liver- sounds like some bone activity in the hip also. You really should have your MD interpret this for you- can you do that?There is no specific time in which cancer spreads to the liver, if it does- breat cancer generally spreads to the lungs, bones and brain.Is she having any treatment?Take care friend  czara Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT