in the Marshallese populations would be difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish from spontaneous tumors.
Table 1.
Age*
Sex
Year of death
Moy yy oy Ze oy
Rongelap exposed
60
60
71
19
64
31
36
45
35
Utirik exposed
64
M
43
F
29
F
62
F
Unexposed
29
33
68
51
55
F
Myke =
68
Malignancies.
1959
1962
1966
1972
1974
/
Type
Ovary
Cervix**
Uterus **
Acute myelogenous leukemia
Stomach
Thyroid
tt
1959
Rectum(? )**
Thy roid
ft
1960
Cervix**
Thyroid
*Age at development of malignancy.
**Not confirmed by biopsy or autopsy.
B.
Benign Tumors
Thyroid nodules will be discussed in Section X.C.1, below.
A number of
other benign tumors, such as sebaceous cysts and lipomas, have been detected
The
in both exposed and unexposed populations, and many have been removed.
number of such tumors appeared to be in the normal range of expectancy.
Other
benign tumors included a giant cell type removed from the finger of an exposed
Rongelap female and a neurofibroma removed from the neck (near the thyroid) of
an exposed Rongelap female.
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