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My friend has heart cancer, now if he replaces his heart, will he be cured?
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Heart cancer: This is a very serious condition, heart transplant may not be appropriate depending on what is actually going on. Can't comment without knowing the real details of the patients diagnosis and status.
Answered 3/29/2013
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Depends: Localized heart cancer is rare . Metastatic heart cancer is beyond the boundaries of transplant.
Answered 3/30/2013
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