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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
ASSOCIATED
UNIVERSITIES, INC.
UPTON, LLL. N.Y.
TEL. AREA CODE 816
REFER:
DEPARTMENT
September 17
1969
The Honorable Edward E. Johnston
High Commissioner
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Saipan, Mariana Islands
96950
Dear Mr.
Johnson:
As per my dispatch the AEC expects to put out a release within a day
Or so concerning the status of the Marshallese cases here at Brookhaven
National Laboratory.
These 5 cases are of thyroid abnormalities, 4
Rongalapese and 1 Utirik case,
Thyroid surgery was performed on all
9 cases by Dr. B. M. Dobyns at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital.
These cases are now back at Brookhaven recovering from surgery.
The results of surgery were as follows:
Name
Age
Sex
Island
Surgical Procedure
Pathological Diagnosis
22
M
Rongelap
Partial Thyroidectomy
Adenomatous goiter,
benign
22
F
Ronye Lap
Partial Thyroidectomy
Adenomatous goiter,
benign
22
F
Ronge lap
Complete Thytoidectomy
Papiilary carcinoma,
malignant
36
F
Rongelap
Complete Thyroidec-
Invasive adenoma,
34
F
Utirik
Hemi-thyroidectomy
Follicular carcinoma,
tomy
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malignant
malignant
These diagnoses have been confirmed by several thyroid experts,
Ali of the
patients are recovering satisfactorily from surgery with no serious complications,
The prognosis in these cases is good.
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The previous case of malignancy of the thyroid in a 40 year old Rongelap
woman, operated upon several years ago, along with the 2 present additional
Rongelap cases makes it seem quite likely that exposure to fallout was involved
CJ
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