Why don't people get heart cancer?
Why do you never tend to hear about cancer of the heart? Can people even get heart cancer? What makes the heart different to other organs? A heart doctor explains... A few people have asked me this question recently. Aaand it had been a while since I made a Minute Medicine video so figured this was a perfect opportunity. As usual this was shot during a quiet 5 minutes at work. Not always easy to find! But the on-call gods smiled at me yesterday.
Oncology nurse here, I took care of a patient that had heart cancer. It was his primary site, no mets.
I have seen mesothelioma on the pericardium, but never in the heart. Thank you for the interesting lesson.
What about atrial mixom? It is a benign tumour, but can cause a serious life threat if it stops the blood flow within the valve.
