Heart cancer occurs when diseased cells grow out of control on or near the heart. These cells form a tumor. Cancer that begins in the heart is primary heart cancer. This form of heart cancer is extremely rare and is most often sarcoma, a type of cancer that originates in the soft tissues of the body.
Heart cancer more commonly occurs when cancer cells spread to the heart from cancer in a nearby organ. For example, lung cancer may spread to the heart, causing secondary heart cancer. Cancer that spreads is called metastatic cancer.
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