Ultraviolet (UVB) radiation causes carcinogenesis primarily through which mechanism?
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Correct answer: Formation of pyrimidine dimers in DNA
UVB light is absorbed by DNA, causing the formation of covalent bonds between adjacent pyrimidines (usually thymine). If the Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) system fails to fix these dimers, mutations occur during DNA replication.
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