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Cardiac Transplantation for Cancer Involving the Heart
Cardiac Cancer (CC) that arises from or involves the heart can present as heart failure, chest pain, stroke or another thromboembolic event. Although patients with CC have limited treatment options, in other organ cancers such as hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplant improves 5-year overall survival in carefully selected patients1. For CC, however, the benefit of replacing the cancerous heart is uncertain because one-year survival is generally estimated around 50% after this rare operation.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - May 23, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Matthew Wingo, Andreas R. de Biasi, Yasuhiro Shudo, Vijaya Bharathi, Anthony Blackburn, Mario Gaudino, Leonard N. Girardi, Y. Joseph Woo Tags: Research Correspondence Source Type: research