Cancer Cells v.

s Healthy Cells
Healthy Cells Cancer Cells

Growth  When there are enough cells  Cancer cells keep producing, not 
present, normal cells stop  stopping even if there are enough 
reproducing. To heal wounds,  cells present. Cells with abnormal 
cells produced and stop when the  DNA or genes lead to mutation, 
repair work is done.  keep producing as a result in a 
tumor formed. 

Communication  Normal cells interact with other  Cancer cells don’t interact with 
cells, responding to signals sent  other cells. They ignore the signals 
by the nearby cells. The signals tell  sent and keep on 
the cells to stop producing as it  dividing/reproducing unstopping.  
reach its limit.  

Cell repair & Cell  When normal cells are damaged  When p53 got mutated it allow 
death  or get old it goes through repair  damaged or old cell to continue 
process or apoptosis. The protein  reproduce without undergo cell 
called p53 checked to see if there  repair or apoptosis. This causes 
are any mistakes in the cells.  mutated cells to continue 
When there is too much damage  reproducing non stop which cause 
to repair the cells goes through  tumor and end up as cancer. 
apoptosis, which is self destroy to 
prevent further mutation cell to 
divide. 

Stickiness  Normal cells secrete substances  Cancer cells fail to make the 
that make them stick together in  substances, which causes them to 
a group. Preventing the cells to go  be apart of each other. As a result 
to other nearby tissue and disrupt  of the cancer cells floating into the 
their function.  nearby tissue or through the 
bloodstream running all around 
the body causes multiple tumors. 

Metastasize  Normal cells stay in the area of  Cancer cells lack the substances 
the body where they belong and do  that make the cells stick together 
their function. Such as the lung  as a group which allow the cancer 
cells will remain in the lungs  cell to be able to travel through the 
doing their function to keep our  bloodstream to other regions of the 
lungs clean and working. This  body. Cancer cells have the ability 
goes with other normal cells that  to metastasize. Once they arrive in 
does not disturb the nearby tissue.   a new region they begin to divide 
non stop as a result of multiple 
tumors around the body.