Which of These Statements Does NOT Correctly Describe Cancer Cells

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements does NOT correctly describe cancer cells?

• A)Cancer cells arise only when multiple independent mutations occur within the same cell.
• B)Cancer cells lack the ability to perform the specialized functions of the normal cell type from which they mutated.
• C) The body has no means by which to defend against cancer cells.
• D) Cancer cells usually do not adhere well to neighbouring cells, so some of them may break away from the parent tumour.

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Definitions:

Null Hypotheses

A statement positing that no statistical relation or significance exists in a set of given observations.

Factorial Analysis

Factorial analysis is another term for factor analysis, a technique employed in statistics to explore underlying factors or components that explain the variability among observed variables.

Main Effect

The direct influence of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experiment.

Research Hypotheses

Proposed explanations for a phenomenon that are tested through scientific research.