ang PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE NEW ENGLAND DEACONESS HOSPITAL 185 PILGRIM ROAD 02215 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETT S September 17, 1969 Dr. Robert A. Conard Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, L. I., New York 11973 Dear Dr. Conard: . In confirmation of our telephone conversation this morning, I have arrived at the following diagnoses on the slides from the Marshallese. a 3h-year-old female from Utirik who received only 36 R, shows a well-developed follicular carcinoma with capsule invasion suggesting origin from a preexisting adenoma. In some foci there is tumor in the thyroid tissue without any evidence of a preexisting capsule. There is also evidence of blood vessel invasion. , e2-year-old male from Rongelap, _ goiter. _ shows a mild adenomatous _ _ ee@-year-old female from Rongelap, | atous goiter. shows mild adenom- , 36-year-old female from Rongelap, _ shows mild adenomatous goiter with one sclerosing focus that I have been unwilling to call carcinomatous but should be studied further. It may ultimately prove to be carcinoma. _ Qi-year-old female from Rongelap, | _.. shows yapillary adeno- carcinoma with metastases to lymph node. The nonneoplastic portion of the thyroid shows evidence of mild adenomatous goiter. There are metastases to lymph nodes from the left lower pole of the thyroid, the left upper pole and upper cervical lymph nodes and cervical lymph nodes at midportion of radical neck dissection. Sincerely yours, Lite SW:RM ec.: Dr. Brown M. Dobyns Dr. John D. Reid Dr. . Willi Will amiam A. A. Meis M sner : PRIVACY ACTMATERIAL REMO ONVED. : .