if our skin cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones, how can a bad sunburn turn into cancer YEARS down the line?

Question

if our skin cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones, how can a bad sunburn turn into cancer YEARS down the line?

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Answer 1

Cancerous cells are the ones that don’t get replaced actually. Healthy cells die, skin regenerates. If cell has turned cancerous, it will not die.

That’s why a lot of biotechnology experiments are being done on cancerous cells – so they don’t die so often 🙂