AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

THE CELL CYCLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is characteristic of the group of diseases known as cancer
A
uncontrolled cell division
B
the formation of sex cells
C
meiotic cell division in body cells
D
the rapid formation of spindles
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cancer is a disease caused when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues. Cancer is caused by changes to DNA. Most cancer-causing DNA changes occur in sections of DNA called genes. These changes are also called genetic changes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cancer is basically a disease of uncontrolled cell division. Its development and progression are usually linked to a series of changes in the activity of cell cycle regulators.

Detailed explanation-3: -The American Cancer Society defines cancer as “a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. If the spread is not controlled, it can result in death."

Detailed explanation-4: -(ACS). According to the ACS, cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. If the spread is not controlled, it can result in death.

Detailed explanation-5: -A cancer cell exhibits several abnormal properties like insensitivity to density dependent inhibition, insensitivity for contact inhibition, immortalization (cells can grow forever), invasiveness and metastasis, loss of anchorage dependence, angiogenesis, and failure to undergo apoptosis.

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