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My mother is anemic and has stage 4 bone cancer what does that mean?
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It may mean many dif: Anemia can be caused by many different factors in her disease management and its course.. It basically means that she ha slow hemoglobin, but you need to know how low it is? Mild anemia is common due to cancer itself and or chemotherapy she may be receiving. More severe anemia can be due to cancer invading the bone marrow which is not uncommon. She probably has bone metastases for which radiothera.
Answered 7/11/2013
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See below: The level of cells carrying oxygen in the blood is low. In stage 4. Carcinoma there can be several causes. If she is taking chemotherapy to treat the cancer, it can be a side effect of the drugs. If the bone cancer is extensive, the cancer can replace the bone marrow which normally produces blood cells. In which case there is decreased production of blood cells due to cancer.
Answered 7/19/2015
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