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A tumor is:

a) a large group of cells that grew without regulation

b) a large group of cells that is growing a new structure

c) a group of cells that is a different type than what surrounds it

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A) a large group of cells that grew without regulation.

A tumor is where there is a mutation that causes cells to lose their ability to self regulate, so they reproduce too fast and become unspecialised, causing a tumour.

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