‘Fifty-five ef the 69 were on Rongelap Island ead received estianted whole bedy doses of 175 R plus possible doses of 700 te 1400 rem te their thyroids fron the radioiodines, The remaining 14 (six were 1-10 years of age) were visiting on Ailingnss, a nearby island, and received estinsted doses of 69 R whole body exposure, plus less certain but prebsbly seal) thyreid doses. Sone of the six children who were on Allinganse have thus far developed modules, seo thet the incidence ef modules among the 19 more heavily exposed on Rongelap when 1-10 years eld is 13/18 er 68 pereent. Two ef the threa adults were on Rongelap ané one was on Ailinagnae, Tus fer only six of the sbove, iacludiag the adult fouat to have cancer, have been subjected to surgery. The current plane are te bring five of the remaining 10 cases to Brookhaven fer further diagnostic study ani possible surgery during May 1966. One is a 46-year-old adult women aad the others are girls presentiy 13, 13, 13 and 20 years eld, They will be sccempanited by the Rongelap schooltescher vho will act as iaterpreter. The trave] and treataent of these people has been developed with the cooperation of the Honorable Wil fre< Godiag, High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacifie Isleads, 411 thase Mershallese presumably have been tehking Cetraledethyronins, a eyathetic thyroid hormone, fer the last sevan months, The iatent of the therapy is to prevent eud/or cause regression of the nodules. hae been seea, but it is too secon to draw conclusions. Some succesa Ferty chiléren who were aon Utirik at the tine and received estinated doses of 14 & plus proportionstely smaller fateras] thyroid doses were exanined fer nodular thyroids; none were fowad. BEST COPY AVAILABLE Ancag 194 unexposed controls whe are now living on these islands, three cases of thyroid nodules were found, all fa adults more then 47 years. Other forms ef thyrelé disease were aot sean. You will be kept informed of the pregrese ef thease studies); the maxt noteworthy ites will be the elinical and peesibly surgical findings in the five Marshallese coming to Brookhaven. 27". . DOE ARCHIVES C. lL. Duohen, M.D. eee (23 Directer Suey (8; Division ef Bielegy ané Medicine ace; Fi nae Aces was S/ she Aa - ars af ft BMBALTOR Bx ent iwwe Saar ?i a fh scm: -4 aaa as Gx S65 sca eee af Fes $/