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JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
MEMCOR ANDUM
November 2, 1965
To:
All Committee Members
From:
John T. Conway, Executive Director
Subject: Information Concerning Thyroid
Tumors in Marshallese
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By my memo of August 12, 1965, subject as
above, I provided information on medical
treatment given two Marshallese boys and
one woman for tumor of the thyroid.
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The attached AEC letter dated October 26,
1965 reports the discovery of additional casas
of thyroid abnormality. Among the 82 exposed
Marshallese thyroid abnormality has been
diagnosed in 1] cases. In 5 additional cases
the diagnosis is questionable.
it is my understanding that evidence of this
latent effect is causing modification of earlicr
medical views on the radiation sensitivity
of the thyroid gland.
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AEC ltr dtd 10/26/65 fm
English to Conway
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