Comprehensive Overview Of Heart Cancer

Heart cancer and primary cardiac tumor are terms used to describe a malignancy that has originated or developed in the tissues that make up the heart. A malignancy of the heart can grow in any of the four chambers, on the inside surface, on the outer surface, and anywhere in between. Heart cancer is a disease that is not known well in the general public because it is so rare. Only 0.00138 percent of the general population or 1.38 out of 100,000 individuals will experience heart cancer. It is the high prevalence of cancer in epithelial tissue rather than connective tissue, and the fact the cells of the heart do not undergo cell division that causes heart cancer to be rare. Most cases of cancer in the heart have an origin outside of the heart tissues, like in the tissues of the breast or lung.