When cells do not
respond to the signals that normally regulate cell division, cancer results. Cancer cells altered cell division in the
presence of signals that normally inhibit cell growth, with this; they no
longer require special signals to induce cell growth and division. The consequence
of the abnormalities of these cells could lead to mutations in protein-encoding
genes that regulate cell division.
Moreover, they
also inhibit the growth of nearby cells that allow the cancer cells to spread
and invade other tissues. The uncontrollable division form masses of cells
called tumors that can impaired nearby tissues. If these cells stay in their
original site, they are considered benign, if they become invasive, they are
considered malignant which means that cancer cells metastasize, sending tumor
cells to distant locations in the body where new tumors may form.
