A cell is considered cancerous when it acquires a mutation that makes it unable to regulate its cell cycle and, as a result, divides more often than a normal, healthy cell. Based on the increased energy demands of this condition, what would you expect to be true about glycolysis in cancer cells? Glycolysis occurs at a faster rate in healthy cells than in cancer cells. Glycolysis occurs at a faster rate in cancer cells than in healthy cells. The rate of glycolysis is unaffected by the cancer state of a cell. As tumors grow, some increase in size so quickly that the available blood supply cannot reach all the cancer cells. Because the cancer cells cannot stop dividing, what is the fate of pyruvate in these cells that exist in low‑oxygen conditions? Cancer cells use alcohol fermentation, reducing pyruvate to ethanol. Cancer cells oxidize pyruvate, producing glucose and oxygen. Pyruvate undergoes lactic acid fermentation, reducing pyruvate to lactic acid. Cancer cells rely on aerobic respiration, producing carbon dioxide and ATP.