AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

CELL DIVISION AND CANCEROUS CELLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is NOT something a cancer cell must accomplish in order to be successful in metastasis?
A
Intravasation
B
Survive in the blood stream
C
Modality
D
Motility
E
Extravasation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Metastatic tumors (metastases) can occur in three ways: They can grow directly into the tissue surrounding the tumor. Cancer cells can travel through your bloodstream to distant locations in your body. Cancer cells can travel through your lymph system to nearby or distant lymph nodes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interaction with and penetration of the vascular endothelium by dissociated cancer cells is an important step in the formation of cancer metastases. TJ are the first barrier that cancer cells must overcome in order to metastasize.

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