just asking!
2007-03-22 04:57:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
One of the things that needs to happen to have cancer is a lack of oxygen to the part of the body that becomes cancerous. The heart has it's own, separate blood vessel system from the lungs that supplies it with 25% more oxygen than the rest of the body.
The above answers seem to be quoting textbooks--if you ask around, you will not be able to find many doctors who have ever seen a case of heart cancer in their entire careers, it is so rare--and it is usually brought on by a partially-blocked blood vessel due to atherosclerosis, which causes a lack of oxygen to a part of the heart.
2007-03-25 06:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Dorothy and Toto 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-18 07:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tracie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cardiac tumors may be primary (benign or malignant) or metastatic (malignant). Myxoma, a benign primary tumor, is the most common type. Cardiac tumors may occur in any cardiac tissue; they can cause valvular or inflow-outflow tract obstruction, thromboembolism, arrhythmias, or pericardial disorders. Diagnosis is by echocardiography followed by biopsy. Treatment of benign tumors is usually surgical resection; recurrence is common. Treatment of metastatic malignancy depends on tumor type and origin; prognosis is generally poor.
Please see the web pages for more details and images on Cardiac tumors (Myxomas).
2007-03-22 05:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
cancer of the heart illness---u mean cure for heart illness?
probably because we just aren't that medically advanced yet :(
2007-03-22 05:01:18 · answer #4 · answered by Bailey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malignant tumors in the heart are and unfortunate fact.
2007-03-22 06:32:46 · answer #5 · answered by xxx 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋