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Name
Dienestrol
Alternate Names
Component of Estan#
Dehydrostilbestrol
Dienoestrol
Ortho Dienestrol
Synestrol#
Abbreviations
DV
Category
Hormones and hormonal mechanisms
Subcategory
Estrogen
NSC Number
59809
Primary Site
Breast
prostate cancers
Histology
None
Remarks
A synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen structurally related to diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic estrogen, administered orally in the management of menopausal symptoms, in the treatment of functional uterine bleeding, as a postpartum antigalactagogue, for palliative therapy in certain female breast cancers, and in the management of prostatic carcinoma.
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