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Can a fracture of the femur bone show up on an x-ray as a cancer or lesion?
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I wouldn't think so. The x-rays I have looked at before have always shown a Fx as a line across the bone(s) at the site of injury. Usually in a x-ray report if it is a suspected lesion the radiologist will put no fracture seen but an area of density seen and recommend MRI to further evaluate. There is no way it can be called "cancer" unless a biopsy is done to confirm what the lesion is. Up until the biopsy it would be filed or classified as lesion/density of unknown origin. Lesions show up on x-rays as "hot spots" not a distinctive line like a fracture shows.
This is based on ones that I have looked at where I work, but in no way am I a radiologist and anything can be odd in the medical field. Just giving you my best answer from past experience.
btw my Mom's brain tumor showed up just that...a level of dense matter..no way did it come close to resembling a fracture.