Which of the following is typical of cancer cells? A. The parent cell of the tumor contains a single mutation in a single checkpoint gene. B. Malignant cells migrate. C. Cancer cells lose the ability to divide. D. Products of oncogenes inhibit mitosis E. Benign tumors invade normal tissue.

Which of the following is typical of cancer cells? A. The parent cell of the tumor contains a single mutation in a single checkpoint gene. B. Malignant cells migrate. C. Cancer cells lose the ability to divide. D. Products of oncogenes inhibit mitosis E. Benign tumors invade normal tissue.

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Which of the following is typical of cancer cells?

A. The parent cell of the tumor contains a single mutation in a single checkpoint gene.

B. Malignant cells migrate.

C. Cancer cells lose the ability to divide.

D. Products of oncogenes inhibit mitosis

E. Benign tumors invade normal tissue.

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