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.
Rongelap (668)
Sex
Age (1979)
Length of stay on island (yr)
1573
829
M
F
29
40
0
3
938
841
F
F
40
46
3
ll
858
867
858
F
F
F
80(?)
51
(?)
11 (died 1973)
3
13 (?)
4023
F
45
2
910
1007
M
M
49
68
6
12
1575
4014
1554
F
F
F
73
62
60
0
0
?
980
F
28
5
1524
M
38
4
4009
M
35
13
882
M
48
24
3074
F
26
5
3015
F
4l
2
Utirik (473)
3006
M
F
51
14
3058
F
52
13
3565
F
24
?
3555
F
23
F
26
5027
F
M
26
33
MT
MT
3042
2279
Wot je (162)
5061
M
78
23
15 (7)
?
utt
5030
M
36
MT
F
53
MT
5074
F
68
MT
3096
F
55
MT
5053
F
68
MT
M
61
MT
F_
73
MT
M
3023
85(?)
M
91(7)
F
23
F
IMT = Probably most of the time.
(7)
1 (7)
5059
Likiep (173 in 1970)
(7)
65
MT
MT
1954-1970
?
*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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