PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL What is cancer? REMOVED Cancer is a disease which happens when a certain part of your body becomes sick and does not doits job. The sickness can spread to other parts of your body. Cancer of the blood is called leukemia and that is the disease that had. Some kinds of cancer can be controlled by medicine and others must be stopped by oper- ation, Some types of cancer, such as leukemia. cannot be cured. Cancer is dangerous but if the doctors examine you and find it early, they have a better chance to help vou. So far, what are the health findings? Are we healthier or sicker? The medical examinations show that you are a healthy and strong people. The only significant differences have been the earlyfallout effects on the blood and skin, the higher number of miscarriages in 1957 and 1958 and the thyroid troubles. What is our future in regards to our health? Dr. Conard and the other doctors feel that most of you are healthy and that you do not need to worry about the future. This is also true for the unexposed people a. oa a wa Kaa nets also showthat theyare healthy. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED ny wee eee normal, healthylife. Examinations of thousands of children of exposed parents in Japan have not shown anydiseases from radiation. Examinations of your children eee 1954. Some of you may become sick but you will be given the best medical care possible... even if the sickness is not caused by the radiation. If you allow the doctors to examine you and if you followtheir advice; vou should be able tolivea se who moved onto the island after the fallout and for the children who were born after