Diethylstilbestrol

Effects of exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES)
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Between 1948 and 1971, millions of women took a drug called diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriage.
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES). Diethylstilbestrol (DES), an estrogen compound, was used by pregnant women in the 1940s and 1950s. The daughters of these women face a higher risk for cervical cancer, genital tract abnormalities, and miscarriage.
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Diethylstilbestrol (dye-ETH-ul-stil-BES-trol). 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.
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- Diethylstilbestrol (Des) has been shown by the FDA to cause cancer of the uterus, breast and other reproductive organs. This is an artificial sex hormone widely used in food production.
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DES (diethylstilbestrol) is a hormone that was prescribed for pregnant women in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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DES: Diethylstilbestrol, the earliest synthetic (man-made) form of a hormone in the estrogen class.
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DES (Diethylstilbestrol)
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being the daughter of a woman who took diethylstilbestrol, also known as DES, during pregnancy
having a sexual partner who has or has had cancer of the penis ...
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In March 2003, CDC launched a Congressionally mandated and funded education program to update health care providers and consumers about ongoing health risks related to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES).
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Women whose mothers took diethylstilbestrol (DES) during the first trimester of pregnancy are at increased risk for developing clear cell adenocarcinoma.
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Lessons learned from women who took diethylstilbestrol — a synthetic estrogen that was later linked with cancer — to prevent miscarriage in early pregnancy suggest that such exposure should be minimized.
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Daughters of mothers who took the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant have a higher risk of developing this rare form of cancer.
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Sometimes acanthosis nigricans happens when you take certain medicines, such as nicotinic acid, diethylstilbestrol (DES), and steroids. Most often it is a sign that type 2 diabetes is developing.
What are the symptoms?
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For example, some daughters of mothers who had been given DES (diethylstilbestrol) during pregnancy to prevent miscarriage developed vaginal adenocarcinomas as young women. Aflatoxins are natural mold byproducts that can cause cancer of the liver.
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