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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