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1 go to their doctors, sufficient to establish what Page 3474 2 causes the disease? 3 A I think what you are talking about is what 4 we call clinical case reports. 5 Q Okay. 6 A When you look at one or two cases of, for 7 example, cancer in patients, based on those one or two 8 cases, you cannot establish a causal relationship. 9 Let me give you an example. 10 If we see stomach cancer in people who eat 11 candies -- 12 (Whereupon, laughter ensued.) 13 A Just one or two cases, that is not 14 sufficient to prove a relationship between candies and 15 stomach cancer. 16 THE COURT: You can each have one. 17 (Whereupon, laughter ensued.) 18 A This is a hypothetical example, so rest 19 assured and continue to eat the candy. 20 What we really need is what we call an 21 epidemiologic study. J