Cancer can be described as a disease characterized by the cell cycle going out of control. Discuss what it means for the cell cycle to be out of control. Is it appropriate to connect cancer and the cell cycle? Why or why not?

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Cancer can be described as a disease characterized by the cell cycle going out of control. Discuss what it means for the cell cycle to be out of control. Is it appropriate to connect cancer and the cell cycle? Why or why not?

This discussion is worth 100 points.

JAIDENGYMNASTIC · Answer

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alexisHales · Answer

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dude · Answer

Some pointers for this:

The cell cycle (the name explains, is a consistent loop cells go through)
   - There are checkpoints in order to make sure you don't have bad cells
   - If a cell is bad, it will commence *apoptosis* (controlled cell death)
   - If this fails, the malicious growth begins due to a failure in this thus cancer