TABLE 2: THYROID SURGERIES, 1985-1987 Identification Number & Group Age at Diagnosis 67 - Rongelap $22 - Comparison Sex _ Year of Surgery 45 F 1985 Papillary follicular carcinoma pius occult papillary carcinoma 41 M 1985 Normal | Consensus Diagnosis* 2172 - Utirik 45 F 1985 Follicular adenoma 2172 - Utirik 34 F 1985 Occult papillary carcinoma 2225 - Utirik 39 F 1985 Adenomatous nodule 2251 - Utirik 37 F 1986 Follicular adenoma plus occult papillary carcinoma * Majority diagnoses, based on interpretations bv: Dr. L.V. Ackerman. Health Sciences Center. SUNY. Stony Brook. NY: Dr. W.A. Meissner, formeriv with New England Deaconess Hospital. Boston. MA: Dr. A.L. Vickery, Massachusetts Generali Hospital. Boston. MA: Dr. L.B. Wooiner. Mavo Clinic. Rochester. MN. TABLE 3: THYROID NODULES DIAGNOSED AT SURGERY THROUGH 1987 -Adenomatous noduies Rongelap (67)* Ailingnae (19)" Utink (167)* Comparison (227)** Adenomas Papillary cancers 2 3 11 4 4 4 ] > 17 . Follicular cancers Occult cancers ] 1 4 1*** oo 5 Jeeves NOT INCLUDEDarethe following unoperated (and therefore unconfirmed) nodules: Rongelap — |: Ailingnae — 1: Utirik — 1, Comparison — 5. INCLUDEDareail consensusdiagnosesof a panel of consultant pathologists: two different lesions were detected in one person from Rongelap, one from Ailingnae, and two from Utirik. .* Numberof persons (including those in utero) who were originally exposed. ** This numberincludes all persons who have been in the Comparison group since 1957 (see page 18).Some have not been seen for many years: others were added as recentiv as 1976. *** Equally divided opinion in one case; follicular carcinoma vs. atypical adenoma. ‘*** Majority opinion in one case; occult papillary carcinoma \s. follicular carcinoma. The same patient had lymphocytic thyroiditis. 9004110