Question 1

is heart cancer possible?

Accepted Answer

Muscle Cancer: There are rare muscle-cancers that can occur in the heart muscle.   Because heart muscle does not replicate much. Cancer is very rare in these tissues.  Occasionally a sarcoma (cancer of soft tissues) can form in the heart, but more often it is the result of cancer spreading from other sources - another sarcoma or even melanoma.

Question 2

why is heart cancer so rare?

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That is good news: I do not know but it does occur enough to make us worry about it. Most cancers of the heart are sarcomas....but they are the worst nightmare one can be faced with. So pray that it remains rare or  become even rarer!

Question 3

what is the rate of survival of heart cancer?

Accepted Answer

Unknown: True "heart cancer" is extremely rare.  Most cancers involving the heart are other types of cancer that have spread.  All the blood in the body flows through the heart.  If the blood contains cancer cells, those cells can get stuck inside the heart and grow.  Some types of cancer grow in the fluid around the heart (pericardium.)  usually, once cancer involves the heart, patients can't be cured.

Question 4

please let me know if there is such thing as heart cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but it's rare: Tumors of the heart can be secondary (spread from other organs). Primary heart rumors include rhabdomyomas (in children), myxomas, fibroelastomas, and sarcomas. Primary heart tumors are unusual.

Question 5

can heart cancer be caused by alcohol?

Accepted Answer

No: I have never heard of any heart cancer related directly to alcohol.

Question 6

how rare is heart cancer in children under 10?

Accepted Answer

Vanishingly rare: Except as part of tuberous sclerosis, primary tumors in children rare exceedingly rare.

Question 7

what is the most recent bioengineerin approach to heart cancer?

Accepted Answer

Heart  CA is rare: Heart cancers are rare, cancers develop in tissues that grow and multiply , one reason cancers rarely develop in heart, from connective tissues myxomas can develop . It is possible to place a mechanical heart till cadaver heart  donor is available , i don't know it was ever done.

Question 8

is heart cancer genetic?

Accepted Answer

Unknown: Cardiac tumors are so rare, there are no treatment guidelines or clinical trials to answer any questions about them.  Most tumors in the heart come from other places and don't originate from the heart itself.  The one true "heart cancer" is a cardiac sarcoma.  As far as we know, it is not genetic.

Question 9

could a person have heart cancer?

Accepted Answer

Very rare: Since the cells of the heart seldom divide, cancer vary rarely arises here. Cancer may spread to the heart from other sites but when the tumor is this aggressive, usually this is not the fatal event.

Question 10

why can't people get heart cancer?

Accepted Answer

Very rare: People can get tumors of the heart muscle-most are benign. Though exceedingly rare, there are a group of malignant tumors called sarcomas, which can originate in the heart muscle.

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