Eli5: Why is cancer so harmful to the body?

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I understand that cancer is uncontrolled reproduction of cells but why is that so harmful? How do extra cells make is so sick?

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Think about cellular reproduction with no plan or structure. Imagine you were building a 1000 piece lego batmobile set and your kid sister starts randomly pink 1by1 bricks to your creation… in the beginning it’s a batmobile with pops of pink. But eventually it’s not going to look like the box. We have a small amount of cancer at all times. But our body (immune system) seeks out these cells and plucks them out like the pink legos.

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