Vey PO) BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY NLL ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES. INC. UPTON, LLL. N.Y. 11973 TEL. AREA CODE S16 Cc REFER: YAPHANK 4-6262 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT August 1, 1966 Dr. H. David Bruner Division of Biology and Medicine U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington 25, D.C. Dear Dave: 7 The five Marshallese cases arrived at Brookhaven the latter part of May and were given extensive thyroid examinations. It was decided that surgery was indicated, and all five cases were transferred to the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, where Dr. Bentley P. Colcock of Lahey Clinic carried out thyroid surgery, removing the nodules in all cases. The pathological report on the surgical tissues was done by Dr. William A. Meissner at the New England Deaconess Hospital, and his report indicated that all nodules were benign and of the adenomatoid goiter type, except that one case had a small Hurthle's cell adenoma which was also benign. Recovery from surgery was uneventful, and the five Marshallese were returned to the Marshall Islands, arriving around July 20. Enclosed is a hospital summary on each case, which will give the findings in more detail. Sincerely, [374 Robert A. Conard, M.D.