Why Heart Cancer Is So Rare It (Almost) Never Happens

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07/17/23

The heart is practically immune to getting cancer. 2 in 100,000 of those who have cancer are those with a primary cancer of the heart. That is an astonishing low number. So, what is so special about the heart that it rarely, if ever, gets a primary cancer? The answer is linked to how the heart cells can divide and repair themselves.

#heart #cancer #biology

References:
https://training.seer.cancer.g....ov/disease/categorie
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC83013
https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM200106073442303

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