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How rapidly can a cancer cell grown in tissue cultures divide, and would that be the same rate inside your body?
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Not the same: Specialized cell culture media are designed to speed up growth or cancer cells, while your body is fighting them the whole time. So they grow much slower in your body.
Answered 10/4/2016
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