Heart cancer

Heart cancer is an extremely rare form of cancer. Classification

It is classified into two groups: primary tumors of the heart and secondary tumors, which are originated elsewhere in the body that extend to this organ. Primary tumors Most cardiac tumors are benign: myxoma, myoma, rhabdomyoma, and hamartoma, which are rarely malignant, such as cardiac angiosarcoma. In a study of 12,487 autopsies performed in Hong Kong, 7 cardiac tumors were found. most of which were benign. According to the Mayo Clinic, only one case of heart cancer is treated on an average each year.

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