Is there any possibility to get cancer in the heart?

Rarely, cancer occurs in the heart aslo.Two classification are there: 1. benign(non-cancerous) and 2. malignant (cancerous). Malignant tumors are classified as primary tumors and secondary tumors. Primary tumors are arising from an organs and secondary tumors are spread from other organs by irect extension or by tumor particles carried through blood and lymphatic stream and get deposited in new organs.

Cardiac tumors are arise from the wall of heart chambers and from the heart muscle. Analytical studies show that 75% of heart tumors are benign and the remaining 25% are malignant. Benign tumors of the heart are Myxoma (40.8%), Lipoma (14.1%), Fibroelastoma (13.2%), Rhabdomyoma (11.3%), Fibroma (5.3%) and heamangioma (4.7%).  Likewise, Malignant tumors of the heart are Angiosarcoma (31.2%), Rhabdomyosarcoma (20.8 %), Mesothelioma (15.2%), Fibrosarcoma (11.2%) and Lymphoma (5.6%).

Secondary malignant tumors can spread through the blood stream to the heart from the kidneys, uterus, stomach, colon and lungs. Direct extension of the tumours from the lung to the heart can also occur. After complete removal of the benign tumors under open heart surgery, the cure rate is almost 100%, whereas the success rate is limited in malignant tumors depending upon further spread of this tumor to other vital organs.