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What can you tell me about cancer cells?

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Dr. Devon Webster answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

One mutant cell: One normal cell inside your body mutates (becomes abnormal), and begins to divide. The normal "stop" signal that tell a cell to stop dividing doesn't work, so the cells keep dividing. One cell becomes two, two become four, four become eight, etc. It takes millions of cancer cells to form a tumor that can be seen on an X-ray or felt on exam.

Answered 12/5/2014

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