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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*
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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
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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