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Cancer is a disease of cells causing uncontrolled cell division.
There are ways that the body keeps this in check. There are elements of a control system that regulate passage through a restriction point.
The ability of these proteins to stop cell division, and hold cells in place or even lead cells to commit suicide unless conditions are right for division, means that they can prevent cells from becoming cancerous.
Altered regulation of expression of at least one of these as well as mutations of several proteins can be a cause of cancer.

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