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How do cancer cells affect healthy cells?

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Gene mutations in cancer cells interfere with the normal instructions in a cell and can cause it to grow out of control or not die when it should. A cancer can continue to grow because cancer cells act differently than normal cells. Cancer cells are different from normal cells because they: divide out of control.

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Cancer cells also make enzymes that break down normal cells and tissues as they grow. Cancer that grows into nearby tissue is called local invasion or invasive cancer. Cancer can also spread from where it first started to other parts of the body. This process is called metastasis

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