Why is a solid tumor an organ?
A solid tumor has a unique structure at molecular, cellular, organ and body system levels. At the molecular level, a solid-tumor attracts nutrients for growth and drives away other things including immune screening cells that would normally hinder the growth. At the cellular level, a solid-tumor is composed of constantly mutating cancer cells, and actively dividing normal cells. Most, if not all, cancer cells are networked together by their solid structure of intratumoral, extracellular and cell membrane proteins. Normal cells within the solid tumor may be loosely connected each other due to their lower level of gene expression. At the organ level, a solid tumor is an organ because it is organized by cancer cells through a solid structure which expands forcefully and irregularly in multiple directions. The main tissue of the tumor organ is the solid-structure network of mostly cancer cells and sporadic tissue composed of actively-dividing normal cells and blood vessels. BioMedicure has
