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I have heard of brain, colon, lung, and skin cancer but i have never heard of heart cancer?
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Cancer: There are cancers of every tissue in the body. Cardiac cancer may be primary(from the heart) or it can be secondary(cells from another organ or tissue).
Answered 7/27/2014
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