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

The way cancer works (in ELI5 terms) is that it makes a cell that SHOULD die, NOT die. It instead reproduces and spreads