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Sophie Berdugo

Heartbeats physically stop cardiac cancer from growing — and that could be key to thwarting other cancers, too

Gif of animated x-ray 3D rendering of a beating heart in a person's chest.

The force of a pumping heart changes how cancer cells function, halting their ability to multiply and spread, a new study shows.

The finding may help to explain why heart cancer is so rare, occurring in fewer than 2 in 100,000 people per year.

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