What is heart metastasis?

When cancer spreads to a part of the body beyond where it first began, it is known as metastasis (or metastases if there are multiple sites). A heart metastasis is the spread of cancer from the primary location to the heart.

How do members experience heart metastasis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with heart metastasis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for heart metastasis*

Who has heart metastasis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 0
40s 0
50s 0
60s 1
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 0
Female 2

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What is heart metastasis?

When cancer spreads to a part of the body beyond where it first began, it is known as metastasis (or metastases if there are multiple sites). A heart metastasis is the spread of cancer from the primary location to the heart.



Common symptoms reported by people with heart metastasis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for heart metastasis

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Who has heart metastasis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 2 say heart metastasis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 0
40s 0
50s 0
60s 1
70+ 0
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 0
30-39 years 0
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 0
Female 2

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 0
Not Diagnosed 0

These charts show data from heart metastasis patients who have completed their condition history
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