Question

How does cancer affect the cell cycle? What is done differently in the cell cycle?

Answer 1

Cancer cells affect the cell cycle by not following the checkpoints and dividing abnormally and not getting destroyed by the process of apoptosis leading to the formation of tumours.

In the cell cycle during the mitotic phase the cell divides resulting in two daughter cells and segregation of DNA occurs in this. In cell cycle, there are checkpoints of signalling pathways which determine when the cell has to grow and divide. The healthy cells follow the cell cycle.

Explanation:

Cancer cells become immortal and result in faulty proteins which are not required by the system. The cancer cells grow uncontrollably and are abnormally shaped.

The cell cycle has check points at S phase and G2 phase before it enters the Mitotic phase of division. Normal cells follow the checkpoints.