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Cancer is unchecked cell growth. Mutations in genes can cause cancer by accelerating cell division rates or inhibiting normal controls on the system, such as cell cycle arrest or programmed cell death.As a mass of cancerous cells grows, it can develop into a tumor.ancer is unchecked cell growth. Mutations in genes can cause cancer by accelerating cell division rates or inhibiting normal controls on the system, such as cell cycle arrest or programmed cell death.
There are certain types of cancers such as kidney cancers, cancers of the adrenal gland, and liver cancers that can make EPO, and thus, cause polycythemia by increasing the number of red blood cells. . There is probably a hereditary component to these cancers, but as far as I know the genetics have not been mapped out. Finally, there is a condition called polycythemia vera, or polycythemia rubra vera. In this case, the bone marrow itself is producing too many red blood cells. However, there is no outside stimulus.