• Question: what type of cell gives rise to most tumors

    Asked by cherry16 to Amar, Ana, Andrea, Leah, Matt on 7 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Matthew Lam

      Matthew Lam answered on 7 Mar 2014:

      Most cancers arise from epithelial cells. These cells are the ones that line the surfaces of all your organs, your blood vessels and the outside of your skin.

    • Photo: Andrea Hanvey

      Andrea Hanvey answered on 7 Mar 2014:

      Yes as Matthew has stated most cancers arise from epithelia cells. these cancers are known as carcinomas for example a skin cancer from an epithelial cell is called basal cell carcinoma. Carcinomas make up 80-90 % of all cancers diagnosed

    • Photo: Anastasia Wass

      Anastasia Wass answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      As said epithelial cells give rise to the most tumours. This is because they divide more often so there’s more room for mistakes which cause them to become cancerous.

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