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Can you let me know how many time can you get sunburned before you start developing skin cancer?
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Sunburn : It is difficult to know precisely how many sunburns it takes to develop skin cancer. We do know that the more sunburns in a lifetime the more likely one is to develop skin cancer.
Answered 5/21/2013
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Variable: Depends on many factors.
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