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Hallmarks of Cancer
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Self-sufficiency in Growth Signals- Cancer cells are not dependent on normal growth factor signals.
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Insensitivity to Anti-Growth Signals- Cancer cells do not respond to growth inhibitory signals
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Tissue invasion and metastasis- Alterations of the genome may affect the activity the activity and levels of enzymes involved in invasion
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Limitless Replicative potential- Cancer cells remain the length of their telomeres
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Sustained angiogenesis- The formation of new blood vessels that spreads the tumor throughout the body
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Evading Apoptosis- Cancer cells evade apoptotic signals

More information can be found in the articles below,
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The Hallmarks of Cancer
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867400816839
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Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation;
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867411001279
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