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A drug given to many pregnant women from 1945 to 1970 to prevent miscarriage. Exposure to DES is a risk factor for a special type of vaginal cancer (adenocarcinoma), as well as other abnormalities of the genital tract.
Ãâó: my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2953_489.htm
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| diethylstilbestrol |
(dye-ETH-ul-stil-BES-trol) DES. A synthetic form of the hormone estrogen that was prescribed to pregnant women between about 1940 and 1971 because it was thought to prevent miscarriages. DES may increase the risk of uterine, ovarian, or breast cancer in women who took it. DES also has been linked to an increased risk of clear cell carcinoma of the vagina or cervix in daughters exposed to DES before birth
Ãâó: dictionary.rare-cancer.org/dictionary.php
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| diethylstilbestrol |
a female hormone commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s for treatment of prostate cancer
Ãâó: ppml.acor.org/GLOSSARY.html
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| diethylstilbestrol |
A very strong synthetic estrogen given to millions of women between 1938-1971. It was thought to prevent miscarriages, but is now linked to infertility and other health problems in the women who took it and the babies they carried.
Ãâó: preconception.com/resources/glossary.htm
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| diethyl |
a molecule having two ethyl groups.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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