Cancer involves cells gathering in tissues and forming tumors that can break off and spread to other parts of the body. Cell division is normally regulated by neighboring cells communicating whether other cells should grow and divide. Cancer occurs when genes that regulate the cell cycle, like tumor suppressors and proto-oncogenes, are damaged by mutations, causing cells to divide uncontrollably as tumor suppressors no longer work and proto-oncogenes increase the rate of division.
Cancer involves cells gathering in tissues and forming tumors that can break off and spread to other parts of the body. Cell division is normally regulated by neighboring cells communicating whether other cells should grow and divide. Cancer occurs when genes that regulate the cell cycle, like tumor suppressors and proto-oncogenes, are damaged by mutations, causing cells to divide uncontrollably as tumor suppressors no longer work and proto-oncogenes increase the rate of division.
Cancer involves cells gathering in tissues and forming tumors that can break off and spread to other parts of the body. Cell division is normally regulated by neighboring cells communicating whether other cells should grow and divide. Cancer occurs when genes that regulate the cell cycle, like tumor suppressors and proto-oncogenes, are damaged by mutations, causing cells to divide uncontrollably as tumor suppressors no longer work and proto-oncogenes increase the rate of division.