do cells have an affect on people being diagnosed with cancer?

Question: do cells have an affect on people being diagnosed with cancer?
- Keywords:
  cancer,
  cell
Asked by 484gdge23 to Jimi on 17 Mar 2016.
- Jimi Wills answered on 17 Mar 2016:
  
  Cancer is made of cells that have gone wrong, so yes. But also, cells of the immune system will start responding to the cancer.. and this can help diagnosis.

Question: do cells have an affect on people being diagnosed with cancer?