Chapter 18: Cancer

Animations

The following animations are available for this chapter:

  • 18.1  Metastasis of a Cancer A cancer begins when one altered cell gives rise to a proliferative cell population, forming a primary tumor from which cells can break away and form secondary tumors elsewhere in the body.
  • 18.2  Density-Dependent Inhibition In culture, normal cells proliferate until they reach a certain cell density, but tumor cells continue to proliferate independent of cell density.

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