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When normal cells <strong>in</strong> the body beg<strong>in</strong> to divide for proliferation to replace the<br />

death ones, two or more cells beg<strong>in</strong> to come <strong>in</strong>to contact with each other to slow up the<br />

rate of division. This behaviour is a consequence of the natural process of arrest<strong>in</strong>g cell<br />

growth called contact <strong>in</strong>hibition. It is one of the most significant control mechanism to<br />

direct the cells to stop proliferat<strong>in</strong>g and it ensures the cells to create a layer only one<br />

cell thick, a monolayer (Alberts et al., 2008; Lieberman and Marks, 2009; NCI, 2011).<br />

On the other hand, the behaviour of cancer cells is quite different. These cells do<br />

not require growth stimulatory signals and also they are resistant to growth <strong>in</strong>hibitory<br />

signals. When the normal cells regulate the growth, unfortunately, cancer cells cont<strong>in</strong>ue<br />

to divide <strong>in</strong> an unregulated manner yield<strong>in</strong>g a clump of cells which is called focus. So,<br />

the balance between formation and destruction of cells is disrupted. Moreover, cancer<br />

cells are also resistant to apoptosis (programmed death process) which is the<br />

mechanism by which old or damaged cells normally self-destruct. They have an <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>ite<br />

proliferative capacity and do not become senescent (ġenel and Çırakoğlu, 2003; Alberts<br />

et al., 2008; Lieberman and Marks, 2009; NCI, 2011).<br />

All of these data <strong>in</strong>troduce the l<strong>in</strong>ked questions : What agents cause cancer?<br />

What is the reason of abnormal growth of cancer cells? and How does cancer develop?<br />

Although there are <strong>multiple</strong> risk factors <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g genetic (biological) factors,<br />

age, obesity, decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g immune system, exposure to chemicals and/or radiation,<br />

pesticides and virus, environment and lifestyle factors are known to have a major<br />

impact to constitute the cancer. Relevant research demonstrates us that of all cancer-<br />

related deaths, nearly 5-10% are due to genetic factors, whereas the rest of it, nearly 90-<br />

95% are because of lifestyle and environment factors (Anand et al., 2008; Irigaray et<br />

al., 2007).<br />

The aberrant growth pattern <strong>in</strong> cancer stems from many mutations <strong>in</strong> genes<br />

which are responsible for proliferation, differentiation and survival of cells. Cancer cells<br />

no longer respond to growth <strong>in</strong>hibitory signals ow<strong>in</strong>g to these genetic <strong>changes</strong><br />

(Lieberman and Marks, 2009). In Figure 1.1, the difference between normal cells and<br />

cancer cells <strong>in</strong> terms of growth control mechanism can be seen easily. DNA is <strong>in</strong> every<br />

cell and directs all its actions. In a normal cell division, when a cell’ s DNA gets<br />

damaged, the cell either repairs the damage or goes to apoptosis (programmed cell<br />

death) yet, <strong>in</strong> cancer cell division, the damaged DNA is not repaired, make matters<br />

worse, the cell does not die like it should. Instead, this cancer cell goes on mak<strong>in</strong>g new<br />

copies that the body does not need. These new cells will all have the same damaged<br />

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