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Preventing Tumour Growth
Cancer is caused by changes in cells that result in uncontrolled cell division.
Give the reason why a drug that stops cell division helps to treat cancer.
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- 1 Links stopping cell division to preventing tumour growth, spread, secondary tumours or metastasis.
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Stopping the cancer cells dividing prevents the tumour from growing and spreading.
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It stops uncontrolled cell division.
That repeats the drug action; state the consequence for tumour growth, proliferation or spread.