i Doe (NV T LanE, “ERDA *3 | PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED af AL PPE No.ED DA LOnARD cca tf rhs df LG29 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 : . 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. on Oo Met A = 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 MEOICAL 11973 YAPHANK 4-6262 PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED » éuase LECTION —— Doé / PAS? \ OSITORY