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Mitochondria and cancer. Mitochondria play a crucial role in several biological functions, including bioenergetics, biosynthesis, calcium homeostasis, redox homeostasis, autophagy, and cell death regulation. Therefore, mitochondria function is involved in all steps of oncogenesis from tumor initiation to growth, metastasis, and response to treatment.
