Comprehensive Overview Of Heart Cancer

Available Treatment Options

There are a few treatment options available for heart cancer patients. The general treatment goals of most cases of heart cancer are symptom management and permanent cure. The first line of curative treatment usually involves a surgical procedure to remove as much of the primary cardiac tumor as possible. The majority of primary heart tumors are unable to be resected entirely through surgery due to how critical the heart tissues are. Some selective cases of heart cancer may be resolved with the surgical transplantation of a donor heart. Other methods, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, can be used for heart cancer that is unable to be removed through a surgical procedure. These methods may be used following partial tumor excision surgery. Patients who do not wish to pursue curative treatment may choose to have palliative care. The survival rate for primary malignant tumors in those who have heart cancer at nine to twelve months is very low at ten percent without treatment with surgical resection.