Heart tumors, ultra-rare and very difficult to cure: only 6 malignant cases every year in Italy

by time news

2023-06-26 08:20:07

“Cardiac tumors can originate directly from the heart and are therefore defined as ‘primary’ cardiac tumors (benign or malignant) or they can be the result of another malignant tumor that has metastasized to the heart. In this case we are talking about a “secondary” cardiac lesion» explains Giuseppe Badalamenti, an oncologist who specializes in these pathologies at the Giaccone Polyclinic and professor of Oncology at the University of Palermo.

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