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A mitosis inhibitor is a medication that is designed to prevent mitosis in certain cells. Why would these be helpful in the treatment of tumors?

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Mitosis is essential for the division and increasing of cells. Since in many cancers, this has gone “wild” and these cancerous cells grow and rob the body of nutrients which helps them grow yet even more; to slow or stop mitosis - especially in cancerous cells, gives the body a chance to fight back, before they are overwhelmed by cancerous growth.

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It would prevent tumor cells from reproducing

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