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A heart cancer is a condition in which a person has a cancerous tumor in or on his heart. The heart is a muscular pump, so cancers there can be a type of muscle cell cancer.

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35 year experience in Pediatrics

Is a type of:

Cancer

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Rare

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