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Mention any three characteristics of cancer cell ?

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*Anaplastic or undifferentiated cells : The cancer cells lack normal cell cycle where the daughter cells.
* Immortality : These cells do not age normally and continue dividing indefinitely .
* Change in the structure of cell : There is disorganization of the cytoskeleton which alters the shape of the cell. Mitochoandria swell and lack cristae . Cancer cells also show large, , irregularly shaped nuclei and prominent nucleoli There is an increase in the number of rough ER and ribosomes and further , permeability of plasma membrane also gets altered .
Invasiveness : Cancer cells grow by progessive infiltration, penetration and destruction of the surronding tissues .
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