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 the same pace in healthy cells and cancer cells. Glycolysis occurs at a faster rate in cancer cells than in healthy cells.