Cancer Cell

Definition: Cancer Cell

Cancer Cell

Noun

1. A cell that is part of a malignant tumor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Cancer Cell

Books

• Cancer Cell Culture: Method and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine Ser) (reference)

• Cancer Cell Metabolism and Cancer Treatment (reference)

• Cancer Cell Signaling: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), V. 218.) (reference)

• Natural Obsessions : Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000.Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer).

This illustration with and without text, explains how a normal cell becomes a cancer cell. An oncogene in a normal cell appears to regulate and influence cell growth and division. When a cancer causing agent affects a cell's DNA and the oncogene is activated, a cancer cell develops. See artwork: GA-17.Credit: Jane Hurd (artist).

This graphic illustrates the stages of how a normal cell is converted to a cancer cell, when an oncogene becomes activated.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown is a breast cancer cell seen through an electron microscope.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A single malignant breast cancer cell is seen circulating within the hepatic (liver) sinusoids (monoclonal antibody b1.1, abc immunoperoxidase method, hematoxylin counterstain, x500).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Anti-cancer drugs can now be tested on human cancer cell lines in vitro for cytotoxicity and effectiveness without the use of animals. In an assay color changes in the wells show what proportion of cultured cancer cells remain alive after they have been exposed to the test drug. The plates are read by computer, and results are automatically sent to a centralized computer where they are converted into graphic reports.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Pictured in this laboratory setting are scientists looking at a lighted slide of proteins and analyzing it. They are wearing lab coats and studying it intently. Knowing how the genetic code relates to the proteins made by the body is an important tool for scientists in their new technology, as they continue to explore the nature of the cancer cell.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Not every cancer cell that breaks away from a tumor is able to grow elsewhere. (references)

A cancer cell may contain one or more oncogenes, which means that one or more components in this pathway will be abnormal. (references)

In other words, creating a cancer cell requires that the brakes on cell growth (tumor suppressor genes) be released at the same time that the accelerators for cell growth (oncogenes) are being activated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

kraeftcelle. (various references)

Dutch

kankercel. (various references)

French

cellule cancéreuse. (various references)

German

Krebszelle. (various references)

Italian

cellule neoplastiche, cellule carcinomatose, cellule blastomatose. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

癌細胞 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

が�"さいぼう. (various references)

Pig Latin

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: canceller.

-2 letters: canceler, clarence.

-3 letters: cenacle, cleaner, nacelle, reclean.

-4 letters: caller, cancel, cancer, carcel, careen, cellae, cellar, cereal, crenel, enlace, lancer, leaner, recall, recane, relace.

-5 letters: allee, anele, caner, carle, cecal, cella, clean, clear, crane, creel, lacer, lance, laree, learn, nacre, rance, ranee, recce, renal.

+3 letters: eccentrically.

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