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cancer cells are cells that reprduce like mad they dont affect healthy cells they just outnumber them

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Cancer makes cells divide in an uncontrollable way which can group into tumors.

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Cancer cells form massive tissue called tumors that deprive normal cell of nutrients.

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Cancer cells are just cells that don't know to stop dividing. they destroy the other cells because they take up their space and make it impossible for them to do their job, so they die.

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Cancerous cells have a shorter life cycle because of their unregulated mitosis due to malfunction of p53

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