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Bookmark or Share- Heart cancer: Is there such a thing? - Mayo ClinicCancer that begins in the heart is most often sarcoma, a type of cancer that originates in the soft tissues of the body. Heart cancer (malignant primary cardiac tumor) is extremely rare. One study reviewed more than 12,000 autopsies and found only seven people with primary cardiac tumor.
- Chemotherapy side effects: A cause of heart disease?At some medical centers, including at Mayo Clinic, heart doctors and cancer doctors work together to care for people who have a risk of heart complications before, during and after cancer treatment. Heart doctors are called cardiologists and cancer doctors are called oncologists, so this area of medicine is sometimes called cardio-oncology.
- Mesothelioma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicThe DNA changes tell the cancer cells to make more cells quickly. Cancer cells can keep living when healthy cells would die. This causes too many cells. The cancer cells might form a mass called a tumor. The tumor can grow to invade and destroy healthy body tissue. In time, cancer cells can break away and spread to other parts of the body.
- Cancer risk: What the numbers mean - Mayo ClinicMost information about cancer risk and risk factors comes from studies that focus on large, well-defined groups of people. Cancer researchers have identified many of the major environmental factors that contribute to cancer. These include smoking for lung cancer and sunlight for skin cancer. Uncovering more subtle cancer risks is more difficult.
- Add antioxidants to your diet - Mayo ClinicOver time, free radical damage can cause problems for tissues and organs in the body, potentially leading to disease. Research suggests that free radical molecules can add to the risk of health issues linked to aging. Some examples are heart disease, age-related macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
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