Cancer is caused by uncontrolled mitosis, the process where a parent cell divides into two daughter cells. Mitosis allows cells to grow and divide but in cancer it occurs without regulation, causing tumors to form as extra cells accumulate that the body cannot eliminate.

1. Mitosis By Kristin Rivers

2. Cell Membrane Nucleus Chromosomes Parent Cell

12. Daughter Cells

13. Cancer and Mitosis: Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells. This is mitosis that the body has no control over and it eventually creates a tumor or a build up of tissues that the body cant get rid of