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Cancer is a disease at the cellular level, involving heritable disorders in cellular control mechanisms. For the last five decades, biomedical research has directed most of its resources in finding out its causes and cure, yet the disease has been claiming human lives more than ever before. The disease is manifestation of etiological and pathogenic [...]

The important characteristics of cancer cells are: 1. Immortilization: With proper nutrition cancer cells thrive for indefinite period of time. 2. Loss of contact inhibition: Characteristics of the membrane of cancer cells are changed so that the power of identification and communication are lost. 3. Adhesiveness: Neoplastic cells can adhere to any other cell types, [...]