Why there is no heart cancer?

Answer 1

You are misinformed. Cancer of the heart does exist, both as a primary and secondary cancer. It is rare and can occur in children or adults.

I know that it occurs because people in the Sarcoma group (sarcoma alliance) where I go have Angiosarcoma. So, I probably hear about it more often than most. It is a rare disease sometimes referred to as Angiosarcoma of the Heart.

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

Angiosarcoma of the Heart
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/article

With heart angiosarcoma the "patients can be asymptomatic for a long time or they can present with symptoms mimicking acute pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, or tricuspid stenosis."

Cancer BackUp: Angiosarcoma of the Heart
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/defaul...

Other rare types of malignant heart tumor includes pericardial mesothelioma and a primary heart lymphoma (which can occur in people with AIDS). Secondary cancers (originate elsewhere in the body) can also metatasize to the heart including lung and breast carcinoma, soft-tissue sarcoma, renal cancer, malignant melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma, and sometimes Kaposi's Sarcoma.

I'm not sure why people think that cancer of the heart does not exist. This question is asked on a fairly regular basis:
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Ang9UVFESzbwgA01Tsbmi5rsy6IX?p=heart+cancer

Answer 2

There is. Heart cancer is called "Cardiac Sarcoma", (not Angiosarcoma as the other Answerer said)

See this from the Dictionary of Cancer Terms, by at National Cancer Institute website:
http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=446527

More detailed info. at
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_cardiac/sarcoma.cfm

Angiosarcoma is 'soft tissue' cancer and has nothing to do with the heart. See:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/angiosarcoma/AN00841

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Yes, there is heart cancer. It is very rare, but it exists. I had a friend, who had it, and died from it. It was a long and painful journey for her.

Answer 5

there is my uncle died of it last year ,but it is usually just called heart disease until death and an autopsy has been done

Answer 6

thats a good question. but their is chf congestive heart failure and if someone gets it then if they have too many heart attacks they can die.

Answer 7

That is an awesome question!!

Answer 8

I guess God made it that way. But it isn't spared from other sickness!