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Can contact with a chemical substance or anything for that matter with a mole on skin lead to cancer? i am worried that i could have touched something
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Rare: It would be VERY unlikely for you to 'catch' cancer from a chemical. Cancer can be caused by trauma to your cells but it is usually repeated trauma over a long period. For example, if you worked with asbestos for 30 years you might develop lung cancer. But touching asbestos once briefly is unlikely to give you cancer
Answered 2/26/2017
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