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Does heart cancer ever exists?

2006-12-06 06:32:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Diseases & Conditions Cancer

12 answers

My uncle died of that.

Coach

2006-12-06 06:39:25 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0 0

Cancers do occur in the heart but are typically more rare than cancers of other organs. You can group it into two categories, primary and secondary. Primary tumors are usually one of two types, myxomas in adults and rhabdomyomas in children. Secondary tumors arent technically heart tumors, they are tumors from another place that metastasized to the heart, like a lung cancer.

2006-12-06 14:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by Tadgie1 3 · 0 0

Yes.

Primary heart cancer is rare but it does exist. It is known as cardiac sarcoma or an angiosarcoma. Cancer can also spred from other areas (melanoma and lymphoma) and affect the heart.

emedicine: Cardiac Sarcoma
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic282.htm

Cardiac Sarcoma
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_cardiac/sarcoma.cfm

2006-12-06 17:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by Panda 7 · 1 0

Heart cancer is rare because the heart cells do not replicate/divide. Most cancers occur in frequently dividing cells such as the epithelial cells that line the lungs, gut, reproductive/urinary system, ducts of the breast, and of course the skin.

2006-12-06 18:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0 1

Never seen one in 10 years I have been an oncology nurse, if that tells you anything.

I did know a couple of patients, one with cancer in the fluid around her heart, and another one with a gelatinous mass growing around her heart.

2006-12-06 14:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Becca 5 · 0 1

There are alot of heart problems but cancer is not one of them. Pictue this cancer usually attacks things that do not move around much. The heart is constantly pumping and beating so there is not a chance. However there are certain forms of blood cancer and other conditions that can strike the heart just as bad as cancer....

2006-12-06 14:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer A 2 · 0 4

yes, although primary tumors in the heart fairly rare in comparison to secondary (metastatic) tumors. Examples of tumors that have been known to attack the heart are myxomas, lipomas, rhabdomyomas, fibromas, and sarcomas.

2006-12-06 14:41:03 · answer #7 · answered by Todd D 3 · 1 0

Did you know that having cancer could predispose you to heart disease, ... I have friends who have survived both breast cancer and heart disease. ...

2006-12-06 14:34:47 · answer #8 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0 0

HON A PERSON CAN GET CANCER IN ANY ORGAN, BONE, MUSCLE AND SOFT TISSUE OF THE BODY

I'M SURE I LEFT SOMETHING OUT...

2006-12-06 14:34:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

yes

2006-12-06 14:33:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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