The image above compares the structure of normal colon tissue with cancerous colon tissue. Some individual cells have been circled for reference. In normal colon tissue, the lining of the non-cancerous cells is about 60 micrometers. In the cancerous tissue, the lining is 270 micrometers.

Why is the cancerous tissue larger than the non-cancerous tissue?

The cancer cells do not stop dividing and produce more cells than the normal tissue.
The cancer cells do not stop dividing and produce more cells than the normal tissue.

The normal tissue needs permission from the cancer cells to divide.
The normal tissue needs permission from the cancer cells to divide.

The cancer cells grow larger than the non-cancerous cells.
The cancer cells grow larger than the non-cancerous cells.

The cancer cells leave the cell cycle and never perform mitosis.