Understanding the Complexity of Cancer
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What are the two fundamental properties shared by all cancer cells?

  • Defects in cell restraints and benign tumor formation
  • Abnormal cell growth and metastatic spread (correct)
  • Genetic control over cell growth and multicellular mass development
  • Normal cell growth and division

    • What distinguishes a benign tumor from a malignant tumor?

  • Invasiveness and difficulty to treat
  • Multicellular mass development
  • Ability to form secondary tumors (correct)
  • Ability to break loose and enter the bloodstream

    • What is the defining feature of malignant tumors?

  • Abnormal cell growth and division
  • Invasiveness and potential to become life threatening (correct)
  • Defects in the normal restraints of cell spreading
  • Multicellular mass development

    • What happens when a cell loses genetic control over cell growth?

    <p>It may grow into a benign tumor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What unites all cancers at the molecular level?

    <p>Common characteristics like abnormal cell growth and metastatic spread</p> Signup and view all the answers

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