GENETICS OF CANCER - properties of cancer cells

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  • Created on: 08-05-17 10:52
'Cancer cells are insensitive to growth factors' describes
Growth single autonomy
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'Insensitive to signals telling them to stop growing' describes
Evasion of growth inhibitory signals
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'Cancer cells evade apoptotic signals' describes
Evasion of apoptosis
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'Cancer cells maintain the length of telomere' describes cancers ability to
Replicate indefinitely
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'Cancer cells induce development of new blood vessels for survival and expansion' describes cancers ability to
trigger angiogenesis
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'Mutations of cancer cells reduce cell-cell adhesion and stimulate invasion of other tissues' describes cancers ability to
move away from source and invade other cells
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'Insensitive to signals telling them to stop growing' describes

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Evasion of growth inhibitory signals

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'Cancer cells evade apoptotic signals' describes

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'Cancer cells maintain the length of telomere' describes cancers ability to

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'Cancer cells induce development of new blood vessels for survival and expansion' describes cancers ability to

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