How many lysosomes are present in a typical cancer cell and what is the diameter of a single lysosome?

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Tomas Koltai

There is no standard size of lysosomes. This is because they start being small and then they increase their size according to the work they are performing.

There is also no average amount of lysosomes in tumors because this differers among hystological types and evolution of disease.

Punita Bathla

What is the range in which the variation occurs?

You should look up British Society of Cell Biology www.bscb.org/lysosome

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