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several types of mutations can occur in cells. however, very few of these mutations develop into malignant cancerous tumors because

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Cancer is when cells do not pass a required growth checkpoint for development yet they do not "go back" as normal cells do until they have developed enough. Nor do they complete apoptosis, or "controlled cell death" and instead the damaged cells are released into the organisms body
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