http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/why-is-cancer-most-predominant-in-the-organs.html Health aware Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:42:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/why-is-cancer-most-predominant-in-the-organs.html/comment-page-1#comment-33687 Anonymous Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:37:32 +0000 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/why-is-cancer-most-predominant-in-the-organs.html#comment-33687 Muscle tissue is not immune. Sarcomas may invade muscle and soft and fibrous tissue as well as fatty tissue. Bone cancer can occur anywhere and there are primary malignancies that occur in the heart. Virtually no tissue is immune altho some cancers occur more frequently than others. Muscle tissue is not immune. Sarcomas may invade muscle and soft and fibrous tissue as well as fatty tissue. Bone cancer can occur anywhere and there are primary malignancies that occur in the heart. Virtually no tissue is immune altho some cancers occur more frequently than others.

]]> http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/why-is-cancer-most-predominant-in-the-organs.html/comment-page-1#comment-33686 Spreedog Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:29:30 +0000 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/why-is-cancer-most-predominant-in-the-organs.html#comment-33686 This is an extremely good question. Primary tumors of the heart are very rare. In 20 years as a cancer specialist MD, I never saw one - - but these would be handled by a thoracic surgeon rather than a medical oncologist which was my specialty. The only cancer that seems to spread to the actual heart muscle is malignant melanoma, and by then the cancer is usually many other places as well. Skeletal muscle does develop cancer - sarcomas, but these are not common - no where near as common as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, or prostate cancer. Some cancers are related to hormonal influences such as breast, prostate, ovarian, uterine. Some cancers are related to exposures to carcinogenic chemicals such as lung and colon cancers. This is not an adequate answer to your question - - but I think you have hit on an interesting observation. This is an extremely good question. Primary tumors of the heart are very rare. In 20 years as a cancer specialist MD, I never saw one – - but these would be handled by a thoracic surgeon rather than a medical oncologist which was my specialty.
The only cancer that seems to spread to the actual heart muscle is malignant melanoma, and by then the cancer is usually many other places as well.
Skeletal muscle does develop cancer – sarcomas, but these are not common – no where near as common as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, or prostate cancer.
Some cancers are related to hormonal influences such as breast, prostate, ovarian, uterine. Some cancers are related to exposures to carcinogenic chemicals such as lung and colon cancers. This is not an adequate answer to your question – - but I think you have hit on an interesting observation.

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