Table 2.
Length of stay on home island of unexposed Marshallese developing
thyroid nodules at age >12 (S=surgery).
Group (No. in group)
Pt. No.
Sex
Rongelap (668)
Age (1979)
Length of stay on island (yr)
1573
829
938
841
858
M
F
F
F
F
29
40
40
46
80(?)
0
3
3
ll
11 (died 1973)
858
4023
910
1007
1575
4014
1554
980
1524
4009
882
Utirik (473)
3074
3015
3006
3042
3058
2279
3565
3555
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
F
M
M
M
(?)
45
49
68
73
62
60
28
38
35
48
13 (7?)
2
6
12
0
0
?
5
4
13
24 (2)
F
F
M
F
F
M
F
F
26
4]
78
51
52
23
24
23
5
2 (?)
1 ¢?)
14
13
15 (2?)
?
2
867
Wotje (162)
5061
5027
5030
5059
5074
3096
5053
F
F
F
M
26
3
MT?
26
33
MT
MT
M
F
F
F
F
36
53
68
55
68
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
M
M
61
85(?)
MT
MT
73
MT
65
23
1954-1970
?
Likiep (173 in 1970)
F
M
3023
51
F
F
91(?)
MT
TT = Probably most of the time.
*A small focus of "occult" cancer reported by a minority of pathologists.
Such occult lesions are not infrequently found at autopsy and are generally
considered to be of little clinical significance.
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