TABLE 3
THYROID CANCER CASES IN MARSHALLESE EXPOSED TO FALLOUT
(as of September,
Age
Dose
Sex (rads)
Rongelap
#72
#64
#*F
F
Exposure
905
Years
Ca Latent
6
335
22
29
40
15
ll
Metastases
Thyroid
Lesions
Papillary,
Multiple
Multiple
one focus(?)
cervical
nodes
adenomas
1 node,Bl.
None
Type
Mixed,
Lve
one focus
#18
F
335
21
3606
15
#74
F
425
16
38
F
31
21
36
Utirik
#2229
#2160
7
NTT
30 MCi
12
I
TT
7
22
Papillary
None
Multiple
L-L
<1
15
Follicular, Bl. vessel
Multiple
R-L
7
Other foci
invasion
adenomas
Mixed
None
None
L-L
<i
Mixed,
Multiple
Multiple
TT
<i
lt.
adenomas
24
20
#2194. F
31
37
53
16
near-total
(RND).
TT
L-RND
Multiple
4
(STT),
Postop
Surgery
None
70
dissection
vessel invasion
Years
Papillary,
F
Surgery = Subtotal
1976)
Other
one focus
one focus
(NTT),
total
(TT),
adenomas
adenomas
nodes
lobectomy
(L), radical