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==Examples== [[File:Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy illustration.png|thumb|Statisticians examining data for cancer clusters must beware of random coincidences, which [[Texas sharpshooter fallacy|seem to form a pattern]].<ref name="Go Figure: How can you explain cancer clusters?" /> In this randomly generated scatter graph, arcs and patterns appear to exist that have formed only by coincidence.]] {{main|List of cancer clusters}} Some of the larger or more well known cancer clusters include: * At least 700 cases of [[clear-cell carcinoma]] caused by the prenatal exposure to [[diethylstilbestrol]] in the US in the mid-1900s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Role of DES Cohort Studies|url=https://www.cdc.gov/DES/consumers/research/understanding_cohort.html|website=www.cdc.gov}}</ref> * The [[Camp Lejeune water contamination]] incident in which multiple chemicals were found in drinking water. The CDC found that marines stationed at the base had a 10% higher rate of cancer deaths than those stationed elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news | author=Fox, Maggie |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/contamination-nc-marine-base-lasted-60-years-1c8880227 | title=Camp Lejeune Study Finds Higher Cancer Death Risk | publisher=NBC News |date=March 14, 2013}}</ref>
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