Cancerous Cell
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A Cancerous Cell is an tumor cell that can divide very quickly.
- AKA: Malignant Cell.
- Context:
- It can be a Glioblastoma Cell, a Squamous Cell, a Fibrosarcoma Cell, a Medulloblastoma Cell, a Oncocytoma Cell, a Lukemia Cell, ...
- It can (typically) be a member of a Cancerous Tumor (that can lead to cancer).
- It can (typically) be produced through a Carcinogenesis Process.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Natural Killer Cell, Immune System, Antigen, Lymphocyte, Cell Growth, Chemo-Chemical.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cancer_cell Retrieved:2014-8-9.
- Cancer cells are cells that grow and divide at an unregulated, quickened pace. Although cancer cells can be quite common in a person they are only malignant when the other cells (particularly natural killer cells) fail to recognize and/or destroy them.[1] In the past a common belief was that cancer cells failed to be recognized and destroyed because of a weakness in the immune system. However more recent research has shown that the failure to recognize cancer cells is caused by the lack of particular co-stimulated molecules that aid in the way antigens react with lymphocytes.[2]
- ↑ The Innate Immune System: NK Cells. Student.ccbcmd.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-01.
- ↑ Creating Cancer Killers. Research.uky.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-01.