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Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer. Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill any rapidly dividing cells in the body. How does the difference in the regulation of the cell cycle of cancer cells compared to healthy cells justify the use of chemotherapy drugs in the treatment of cancer?

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You know that the cancer occurs when apoptosis program does not able to destroy non-normal mutated cells ...

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# Cancer cells differ from normal healthy cells?

- In contrast to normal cells, cancer cells don't stop growing and dividing, this uncontrolled cell growth results in the formation of a tumor. Cancer cells have more genetic changes compared to normal cells, however not all changes cause cancer, they may be a result of it.

- Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. It usually works by keeping the cancer cells from growing, dividing, and making more cells. Because cancer cells usually grow and divide faster than normal cells, chemotherapy has more of an effect on cancer.

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