Cancer cells often fail to respond to certain hormones because they lack these cell membrane features important in binding with that specific hormone.

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Hormones bind to specific receptors on the cell membrane in order to initiate a response within the cell. If cancer cells lack the specific receptors for a certain hormone, they will not be able to respond to it.

Cancer Cells Often Fail to Respond to Certain Hormones Because