Cancer is a disease of the cell cycle. Many chemotherapy treatments focus on stopping/killing cells in certain parts of the cell cycle.
Which part of the cell cycle should be stopped, and the cell killed to be the most effect in treating cancers?
a
Go
b
Stopping any part of the cell cycle would be effective in treating cancer
c
G1
d
Mitosis
d. Mitosis
By targeting and stopping cells in the process of mitosis, chemotherapy treatments can effectively kill rapidly dividing cancer cells. Since cancer cells typically divide at a much faster rate than normal cells, targeting mitosis can be an effective method of treatment.