Table 1 Timeline of events
Time | Patient #1 |
|---|---|
1985–1992 | Lived at Tarawa Terrace |
Dec 2020 | Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
Started Linker regimen—course 1 (induction) | |
Achieved complete remission in bone marrow biopsy | |
Jan–Apr 2021 | Linker regimen—courses 2, 3, 4, 5 (consolidation) |
May 2021 | Allogeneic stem cell transplant |
Oct 2021 | Last follow-up |
Time | Patient #2 |
|---|---|
1962–1987 | Lived at Camp Johnson (formerly called Camp Knox) |
Feb 2011 | Diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma |
Apr 2011 | Brachytherapy for prostate cancer |
Jun 2016 | Developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia with a monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis |
Treated with steroid and rituximab | |
Sep 2016 | Bone marrow biopsy did not reveal any lymphoproliferative disorder |
Oct 2016 | Diagnosed with colon adenocarcinoma |
Underwent a right hemicolectomy | |
CT of the chest revealed a 6 mm speculated nodule in the right upper lobe of the lung | |
Dec 2016–May 2017 | Adjuvant chemotherapy (FOLFOX) for colon cancer |
Dec 2017 | The lung mass increased in size to 1.2 cm in the chest CT |
May 2018 | The size of the lung mass increased to 1.3 cm with FDG uptake similar to that of the blood pool |
May–Jun 2018 | Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for the lung mass |
Sep 2020 | Bone marrow biopsy which was performed for persistent thrombocytopenia revealed kappa monotypic B cell lymphocytosis |
Sep 2021 | Started ibrutinib for CLL |
May 2022 | Last follow-up |
Time | Patient #3 |
|---|---|
1967–1968 | Lived at Hadnot Point and Tarawa Terrace |
2002–2020 | Recurrent basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in different areas of skin |
Dec 2020 | Diagnosed with melanoma in the right upper chest |
Nov 2020 | Wide local excision of skin with no residual disease (melanoma in situ) |
Mar 2021 | Resection of ethmoid inverted papilloma |
Jan 2022 | Last follow-up |