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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.
Coding
This drug should be coded
