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Burns & Skin Cancer

When the skin is injured or its cells turn cancerous, the stakes are high. Explore how deep a burn goes (and how much body it covers), and the three skin cancers — including the deadly one.

First-degree burn

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