How is cancer formed? – Medical Research 2020

Question: How is cancer formed?
- Keywords:
  body,
  cancer,
  medical
Asked by doctorfanta to Sophie on 10 Mar 2020.
- Sophie Arthur answered on 10 Mar 2020:
  
  Great question. So cancers usually arise when the signals in a cell that control how often they grow and divide get disrupted. This is usually because of a mutation and the cells then end up replicating uncontrollably. Thats how we get a tumour.
  
  Of course, there are many exceptions to the rule and other ways but that is the main reason