What is The relationship between mitosis and cancer

Cancer is essentially a disease of mitosis – the normal ‘checkpoints’ regulating mitosis are ignored or overridden by the MORE?

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mitosis is when cells split and become more and more . . . cancer does the same thing, cancer cells split and become more and spread throughout the body.

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Mitosis is the replication of cells. Cancer is basically mitosis that is out of control. Often, the DNA that controls cell growth mutates and there is no longer anything to tell the cells to stop growing.

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What is the relationship between cancer and mitosis?

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A: cancer is the uncontrollable growth and reproduction of cells(mitosis) the only difference is that cancer cells dont contribute to the body, they take up oxygen and contaminate good cell and give no work.

what is the relationship between mitosis and cancer?

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A: mitosis is when cells split and become more and more . . . cancer does the same thing, cancer cells split and become more and spread throughout the body.

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