2006-08-02 18:33:45 · 5 answers · asked by Tina B 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
The heart does get cancer. It's rare, but it happens.
Here's a good website that should answer your question more fully:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-cancer/AN01288
I would assume that it doesn't happen often because there aren't many dividing cells in the heart; it's all muscle.
2006-08-02 18:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart, in addition to rarely forming a primary cancer, can sometimes be a target for metastases from other types of cancer, but even that is rare.
2006-08-03 05:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically, only parts of the body where cells are constantly reproducing are the areas that get cancer. Heart cells rarely regenerate so the cells don't have much opportunity to get out of control and reproduce uncontrollably. It does happen, but very rarely.
2006-08-03 03:07:41 · answer #3 · answered by Some Guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the heart is a muscle and usually organs kidney, liver etc get cancer
2006-08-03 01:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It because heard made by mussel and do you know how cancer made of? it by divide cell without any control.
But muscle is the place that their cell never divide and it start from when we born till dead. then it never get cancer.
2006-08-03 09:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋