TTT TR oe ¥ vad Bn Be = aye “op TWae Pr aaEN * ot “Veatalee cb Cancer Cases Aten Mirshallese apie 20 Vears Post Exposure Chase Na, Ave and Sex Vhpe Eapened Ronygebap bt people) tt tab Ovarian Vear af death eo uw) 1s ink TIF Cari? Uterus? List 1'b de tat wW wh MM rot Stott ds Packeaiie Wd bore Fa) Wed “Tiiveunl tl tte ‘Thiel a fb “Vhav neon! Vreapanedt Reaige bape dm banyan sapley wel ak Cctv? [‘wal benpwoal Ciik be paepeled elle uv NM Liaise oi wr Rea tus? VVev tend *Pahaaceieests net comartaeed be suteepy other forms af maligagnesy are begining to shaw correlations, 1 ; The cases of malignaney recorded aimang the wanious Marshatlese populations under study dure ing the past 20 vears are listed un VPable 35. In Figure 44. Subject No. 34 at age 2 vear, a month after cayemure tu fallout, when he had spotty epilation and watieced bea burn lesions on the scalp, neck, arms, lews. and anal regian, these people. thyrand malignancies (discussed above) showa correlation with radiation exposure; other types Ginnot be ascribed definitely to radiaLon exposure. A.A CASE OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA In 1972 an exposed Rongelap mrale (subjeet No. SA) died of leuhkentia at age TE! Ele had been exposed ta D753 rads of garni radiation on Ror telap oat awe d veac and had experienced carly Thuisiend ssinptonys, mausca and: waoritiag and Hehing aad burnang at dhe shin. Efe showed: mod. crite depression of haaphocvies, plitelets, and neutroplils. his WHC dropping to $000 by 6 weeks anal his platelets ta L1U.000 by 4 weeks. He devel- oped beta buras of ure skin, particularly over the neck, arms, and legs, and same epilation of the scalp (Figure 49). These lesions healed unevent- fully. His blaod etements shawed slaw recovery wward normal levels by TP vear. He remained generally healthy, with usual childhood infections, unuilage US. whea nodules developed tn the uiv- roid and he was taken to the ULS. for study (Fig- Figure 30, Subject Na. 54 being examined at age 13. ure 30), The nodules removed at surgery(including a Hirthle cell adenoma) were benign. He was placed on continuous thyroid hormone treatment and remained euthyroid, with normal growth and development. (His mother, father, and wo brothers also had thyroid lesions surgically removed.)