Cancer 101 - What Is Cancer?
What do cancer cells look like?
"Cancer tissue has a distinctive appearance under the microscope.
Among the traits the doctor looks for are:
- A large number of irregularly shaped dividing cells.
- Variation in the size and shape of the cell nucleus.
- Variation in cell size and shape. Loss of specialized cell features.
- Loss of normal tissue organization. A poorly defined tumor boundary."
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)