oe a A Q ae eee Fe Sorat ables oline ens! Janusry 17, 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN SEABORG COMMISSIONER JOHNSON COMMISSIONER NABRIT COMMISSIONER RAMEY CO-CAISSIONER TAPE Se . , . . THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER Ld; Ke~z00 L SUBJECT: BEST COPYAVAILABLE RECENT INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THYROID DISEASE IN THE MARSRALLESE EXPOSED TO FALLOUT FROM THE BIKINI TEST OF ten me ewe 9 et ee ee ee cep MARCH 1, 1954 The following updates the informetion on this subject with respect to our lest meworendum dated Mey 4, 1966 (copy attached). The five céses mentioned on pege 2, paregreph 2, were brought from Rongelzp to Brookhéven during the latter half of May and aécmitted to the Medical Depzrtment on HMzy 26, 1966. After thorough evaluation they were transferred to the New Englend Deaconess Hospital, Boston, for subtotal thyroidectumies, Following operation, they were returned to Brookhaven on June 11, discherged from Brookhaven on June 16, and returned home, fll withstood surgery easily end have exhibited no complic except the expected hypothyroidic stéte which is to be tr caily orel edainistrecion of appropriate thyroid hormone. fil the petients were femeles with present eges of 46, 20, 15, 13, end 13, or respective ezes of 34, 8, 3, 1, end 1 years et time of exposure. fll showed adenomatous goiters with nodules verying from one lérge single nodule to multiple small ones; one pstient hed a e5211 nocule with Hurtie cells which, while ancplastic, are not necessarily a ae mee ag eee are eS ah od = en neoplastic. US DCE ARCHIVES 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY RG_____neseISSIGN— \ Cottecttae SECRETARIAT i Box CCl ee Fotder MtH4S BD Vow-|