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Why are people afflicted with xeroderma pigmentosa likely to develop skin cancer?.
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Why are people afflicted with xeroderma pigmentosa likely to develop skin cancer?.

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Because they are born with a mutation in their DNA repair system and they cannot repair DNA that is mutated by UV radiation.

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