Which of the following is a characteristic feature of malignant tumours?
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a
Contact inhibition
b
Anchorage dependence
c
Metastasis
d
Apoptosis
answer is C.
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Cells sloughed from malignant tumors reach distant sites through blood, and wherever they get lodged in the body, they start a new tumor there. This property is called metastasis and it is the most feared property of malignant tumors.Cancer cells lack contact inhibition, anchorage dependence and evade apoptosis.