Why cant you get cancer in the heart?

Question

You can get cancer any where else but why not the heart?
ohhh and how much does an oncologist make a year?
can u help me please...I'd appericate it!
THANKS!

Answer 1

Cancer of the heart is rare because the cells there do not divide or repair often. It is the same reason that cancer of the muscle is rare, agian there is a low rate cell division, the muscles cells that are already there just get bigger! The brain is another good example, primary(ie they start there) tumours of the brain are also rare because brain cells do not divide often
Cancer happens most often in tissues (and organs) where the rate of cell division is highest these tend to be areas prone to damage (eg skin and the surface of the bowel which are alway being replaced)
This is because cancer is an error in the dividing processes (mitosis) that causes this uncontrolled growth

Hopefully of some help
James ( med student)

Answer 2

I disagree with the other answer. A good friend of mine has a daughter who was just diagnosed with cancer in her aorta, the main artery leading away from the heart. I believe you can get cancer anywhere, as it is simply cells reproducing at an uncontrolled rate.

Here is proof:
Cancer of the heart muscle called angiosarcoma do occur but are rare and
occur more often in children and more often in the right side of the heart.
Cancers like melanoma are known to spread to the heart. That being said, it
is somewhat curious why certain tissues are less susceptible to cancer.
This is typically ascribed to the belief that the more cells that are
actively dividing in an organ or tissue the less likely that organ or tissue
will have a cancer arise in it. So skin, intestine and bone marrow which
have high populations of dividing cells are more often to have a cancer
arise in their cells than the heart whose muscle tissue is essentially
non-dividing.

Answer 3

Yes you can have a "heart tumor",there are several cancer and noncancerous types. They are occurrence is rare but newborns can have them,but more commonly its a tumor with older children,called a primary tumor.Secondary tumors can invade the heart muscle,from metastasizes from breast, liver, lung,and "blood cancers" etc. There is usually only palliative treatment available.Children usually die within 1 year from diagnosis. Oncologist 's salary is within range for other physicians,higher when they are Dept. heads or teaching professors.It takes dedication and strong character to practice oncology medicine. SW RNP

Answer 4

Actually you can get cancer in the heart. It is very rare. Certain tumors called sarcomas can arise in the heart itself, and lymphoma's and lung cancer can extend to the heart occasionally.

Oncologist make a fairly wide range of income depending on where and how much they work and the nature of their practice. I'm sure you can find averages on the net somewhere.

Answer 5

ca an older person get cancer of the heart

Answer 6

I believe this is right, The cells in the heart do not reproduce and as you probably know cancer is caused by mutations during the division of cells when a pair of chromasomes cross over.

Because of the lack of cell division in the heart it is impossible for the cancer mutaion to occur.

Answer 7

Cancer affects only organs. The heart is a muscle.

Answer 8

coz there is another word for cancer for heart instead that is attack. Heart attack.