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Your heart can be affected by cancer. Its a rare form of cancer of the heart.
Although heart tumors do occur, the vast majority of them are noncancerous (benign).
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Which part of body is not affected by cancer?
heart,retina Hi I am Satish. Above answer is not correct, as heart muscles can have cancer (Sarcoma= cancer of soft tissue). It is very very rare condition. Majority of heart cancers are benign (non malignant) And the retina will also have the cancer that is retinoblastoma. It is the most common type of eye cancer in children.
Who is affected by heart cancer?
Very few people are affected by cancers of the heart - the myocardium doesn't divide very much past adolescence, so the risk of myocardial cancer is very low. The pericardium and endocardium do divide throughout adulthood, but the incidence of cancer from these tissues is also quite low. However, there are a couple of cancers that can metastasize to the heart, including lymphoma and pheochromocytomas.
How do you get heart cancer?
There is no specific answer on how to get heart cancer. However, heart cancer can begin from another cancer, but mainly in the tissue.
What problems can happen with a heart?
heart disease,heart cancer, heart cancer,
How is the heart affected by tobacco?
the heart is affected by tobacco because tobacco is absorbed in to our blood and is dropped off in our lungs and eventually will cause us lung cancer or asthma or our lungs will fail and we will die!!!!!
Who is affected by breast cancer?
Women, Men, and Animals could be affected by breast cancer.Help Cure Cancer. (:
What races and gender are affected the most by bone cancer?
what races and gender are affected the most and with which type of cancer
Why does the heart affected to pump blood?
The phrase "does the heart affected" makes no sense.
What do you call heart cancer?
cancer
Is the heart affected by cancer?
Yes. There are some tumors of the heart. Usually they are benign (just grow in place without spreading distantly) but have to be removed because they can obstruct the blood flow or break apart and cause strokes.
How many people are affected by cancer in America?
There are over half a million Americans affected by cancer (564,800). Cancer is diagnosed to over 1,400 people every day.
What organ gets affected by smoking?
The lungs and Heart get affected by smoking. Smoking also messes up the respiratory system . smoking damage's the luges so bad that some people end-up having lung cancer.
