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Burns & Skin Cancer

When skin is hurt or its cells turn into cancer, a lot is at stake. Explore how deep a burn goes and how much of the body it covers. Then meet the three skin cancers, including the deadly one.

First-degree burn

Burnshow deep does it go?
📷 Reference image
A real labeled picture to compare with the interactive above.
Burns & Skin Cancer reference figure
Burns & Skin Cancer — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)