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.
Sex
Rongelap (668)
1573
M
829
Age (1979)
Length of stay on island (yr)
29
0
40
3
F
46
1l
F
F
F
80(7)
51
(?)
11 (died 1973)
3
13 (?)
938
F
F
40
841
858
867
858
3
4023
F
45
2
910
M
49
6
1007
M
68
12
1575
4014
1554
F
F
F
73
62
60
0
0
?
980
1524
F
M
28
38
5
4
4009
M
35
13
882
M
48
24 (7)
3074
3015
F
F
26
41
5
2 (7)
14
13
15 (7)
?
Utirik (473)
3006
M
F
F
M
F
51
52
23
24
3555
F
23
3042
3058
2279
3565
Wot je (162)
5061
5027
5030
F
78
1 (7)
?
26
mrt
F
26
MT
M
M
33
36
MT
MT
5059
F
53
MT
5074
F
68
MT
3096
F
55
MT
5053
F
68
MT
M
61
Likiep (173 in 1970)
M
F
M
3023
MT
91(?)
MT
73
F
65
F
23
MT = Probably most of the time.
MT
85(7)
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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