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    Cancer cells are abnormal cells that grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors that can affect many parts of the body. Cancer cells differ from regular cells in that they grow without signals to stop, invade other parts of the body, hide from the immune system, and have irregular shapes and sizes. Chemotherapy is a treatment that stops the growth of cancer cells by killing rapidly dividing cells, though it can also kill some normal cells.

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    Cancer cells are abnormal cells that grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors that can affect many parts of the body. Cancer cells differ from regular cells in that they grow without signals to stop, invade other parts of the body, hide from the immune system, and have irregular shapes and sizes. Chemotherapy is a treatment that stops the growth of cancer cells by killing rapidly dividing cells, though it can also kill some normal cells.

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    Cancer cells are abnormal cells that grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors that can affect many parts of the body. Cancer cells differ from regular cells in that they grow without signals to stop, invade other parts of the body, hide from the immune system, and have irregular shapes and sizes. Chemotherapy is a treatment that stops the growth of cancer cells by killing rapidly dividing cells, though it can also kill some normal cells.

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    Cancer cells are abnormal cells that grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors that can affect many parts of the body. Cancer cells differ from regular cells in that they grow without signals to stop, invade other parts of the body, hide from the immune system, and have irregular shapes and sizes. Chemotherapy is a treatment that stops the growth of cancer cells by killing rapidly dividing cells, though it can also kill some normal cells.

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    What are cancer cells

    Cancer cells are created when abnormal or damaged cells grow and multiply,
    these cells can get together to make tumors, a solid mass of tissue which can
    be cancerous and affect many parts of the body. A malignant tumor is the
    kind that causes cancer but not all are malignant.

    The properties of a cancer cell that make it different from a regular cell are:

    ● They grow without getting signals that tell them to which


    normal cells need to grow and multiply instead of dying
    when they are told to.
    ● They invade the body and spread to other parts which most
    normal cells do not do (The spreading), they tell blood
    vessels to grow to tumors which helps them get oxygen and
    nutrients and get rid of waste.
    ● They hide from the immune system which would otherwise eliminate
    them and trick the immune system into helping them
    grow and stay alive, like some trick immune cells into
    protecting them.
    ● They have small cytoplasm with either intense
    colors or barely any, they also have coarse chromatin (the
    proteins and DNA that make up chromosomes).
    ● Some have multiple nuclei or nucleoli. Their nucleoli are prominent
    and their nuclei are rather bigger than normal cells. They have an
    irregular shape without clear differentiation between the boundaries of
    cells.
    ● Their mitochondria work in different ways and more efficiently thus
    providing the energy for them to grow so much and so fast.

    Facts
    ● Everyone has some cancer cells and
    cancer is when you have a lot of them.
    ● They are like humans because they just
    refuse to die, form a colony and band
    together aka a tumor, they get supplies
    from blood vessels, and multiply.
    ● More than half of all cancers are
    preventable and some are curable but most of the time action is not
    taken against it or the patient cannot afford to get treated.

    Chemotherapy

    Chemotherapy also known as chemo is a medicinal treatment that stops


    the growth of cancer cells. It works by killing cells that are dividing. Most
    cancer cells divide very fast due to their sped up growth so they are more
    likely to get killed by this. This can also kill some normal cells that divide
    very fast. It is usually given intravenously also known as an IV, an IV is a
    tube inserted into a blood vessel attached to a bag holding the medicine.

    Citations

    Opera AI
    r.gov/about-cancer/understanding/wh
    https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/cancer.html
    https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/chemo.html

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