Marshallese: The marrow of the fish bones! that part of the fish very much. This is a custom, we enjoy We don't restrict our intake of the fish to the flesh but, too, we suck the bones and the content of the bones. That is why I asked this question. [Alice continued presentation in Marshallese. ] Buck: He is wondering if we can have just a brief recess. TAPE 2, SIDE 2 LAlice continued presentation in Marshallese. ] Marshallese: Am I clear? Did I understand correctly that the cancer that occurs in a thyroid the disease that appears in a thyroid as cancer, ...Is the thyroid cancer a result of damaged cells? Bair: Yes. Marshallese: I wanted to know in the case of thyroid cancer if there are two individuals one of whom it is very probable that his cells were damaged by radiation and the other person they do not believe that that was a factor. In other words radiation-induced thyroid cancer as opposed to non-radiation-induced thyroid cancer; would the operation be different for these individuals? Would you handle the one different from the other in operating? Bair: No. You would handle them both exactly the same and you would not know whether either one of them was caused by radiation. Marshallese: They cannot find out by looking at the cell whether it was from radiation? Bair: No. Cancer caused by radiation is exactly the same as cancer that occurs naturally. me mace ARP ee et 12