Dr. revealed Natthaphong Wongwiwat, Deputy Director General of the Department of Medical Services that heart cancer or heart cancer is a very rare disease. But found in all sexes and ages, most of them are cancers of other organs and spread to the heart, such as lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, but if it’s heart cancer Most of these are caused by blood vessel wall cells called angiosarcoma, and those from the heart muscle are angiosarcoma. Rhabdomyosarcoma
Heart cancers in these two groups rarely respond to radiation and chemotherapy. Therefore, surgical treatment must be used to remove the cancer completely. According to heart cancer divided into two types:
1. Primary heart cancer such as Angiosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Fibrosarcoma, malignant schwannoma, Mesothelioma.
Secondary cardiac cancer or metastatic cardiac cancer such as lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma Oesophageal cancer, etc.
Chinda Rojamethin, MD, Director of Rajavithi Hospital added that the cause of the disease is currently unknown. Including still not knowing What are the exact risk factors for developing the disease? by heart cancer symptoms It usually comes with the following symptoms:
- easily tired, panting, chronic cough
- low grade fever, swollen face, swollen throat
- swollen neck veins
- Enlarged liver, ascites due to ascites
- Swollen legs pressing dents on both sides.
for diagnosing heart cancer the important medical history must be looked at, namely:
1. History of the patient’s symptoms
2. Examination of vital signs
3. Listen to the heart beating with a stethoscope
4. Physical examination
5. ECG examination
6. Heart echo test
7. Other additional investigations at the doctor’s discretion. which is an exam that uses advanced technology such as
- Computed tomography (CT) and/or MRI scans of the heart
- Cardiac angiography (cardiac angiography)
- Examining the lump or lesion by aspiration of cells, known as cytology, and/or biopsy of the lump for pathological examination.
However, the treatment will be surgery to remove the cancer completely with open heart surgery (open heart surgery) and continued treatment with chemotherapy according to the type of each cancer cell. the treatment is combined, including surgery, chemotherapy Radiation will depend on the stage of the disease. Size and type of cancer, however, when the body is abnormal. You should see a doctor for a proper diagnosis and further treatment.
Source: Department of Medical Services
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