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Name

Benzestrol

Alternate Names

Chemestrogen

Abbreviations

None

Category

Hormones and hormonal mechanisms

Subcategory

Estrogen. Probably not cancer directed--verify with attending MD.

NSC Number

408889

Primary Site

None

Histology

None

Remarks

Estrogen. Another name for DES. Used more in pregnancy; recently associated with increased risk of breast cancer in daughters and some genital malformations in sons of mothers who used DES.

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