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Explain how cancerous cell growth differs from normal cell growth.

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For instance, cancer cells: grow in the absence of signals telling them to grow. Normal cells only grow when they receive such signals. ignore signals that normally tell cells to stop dividing or to die (a process known as programmed cell death, or apoptosis).
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Cancer cells divide at a very fast and uncontrollable rate unlike normal cells.

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