4/16/2023 Washington Post: “It may be hard to believe, but a sunburn you got in your teens could be responsible for the skin cancer you develop in your 50s. Each time you burn, you elevate your risk.”
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The radiation penetrates into the nuclei damaging the DNA , causing new sells to be a little different over and over until it turns cancerous.
The radiation penetrates into the nuclei damaging the DNA , causing new sells to be a little different over and over until it turns cancerous.
The ‘burn’ is our bodies immune system heating up the skin cells to kill them off in case they were damaged by UV.
Could some skin cancers come from cells that were severely stressed/damaged by the immune response but didn’t die? They just were damaged enough to impact the DNA and result in a cancerous cell?
The ‘burn’ is our bodies immune system heating up the skin cells to kill them off in case they were damaged by UV.
Could some skin cancers come from cells that were severely stressed/damaged by the immune response but didn’t die? They just were damaged enough to impact the DNA and result in a cancerous cell?
The ‘burn’ is our bodies immune system heating up the skin cells to kill them off in case they were damaged by UV.
Could some skin cancers come from cells that were severely stressed/damaged by the immune response but didn’t die? They just were damaged enough to impact the DNA and result in a cancerous cell?
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