Effects of Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Exposure - Topic Overview
Between 1948 and 1971, millions of women took a drug called diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriage.
Daughters born to women who took DES while pregnant have a slightly higher risk of developing:
Background Incidence and mortality An estimated 39,400 new cases of oral cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2011, and an estimated 7,900 people will die of the disease.[1] This form of cancer accounts for about 3% of cancers in men [1] and 1.5% of cancers in women.[2] Oral cancer occurs more frequently in blacks than in whites.[3,4] The overall annual incidence in the United States is about 10.4 per 100,000 men and women; the median age at diagnosis of oral cavity or...
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- Abnormal cervical cells that cause an abnormal Pap test result.
- Cancer of the vagina.
- Structural problems in the reproductive organs (such as a T-shaped uterus), which can cause infertility.
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