Risk of Breast Cancer in Women Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in Utero: Preliminary Results (United S...
Risk of Breast Cancer in Women Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in Utero: Preliminary Results (United States)
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Background: A synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol (DES), was widely prescribed to pregnant women during the 1950s and 1960s but was later discovered to be associated with an increased risk of clear-cell carcinoma of the vagina and cervix in female offspring. DES has not been linked to other cancers in female offspring, but studies of other prena...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Risk of Breast Cancer in Women Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in Utero: Preliminary Results (United States)
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_18772571
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_18772571
Other Identifiers
ISSN
0957-5243
E-ISSN
1573-7225
DOI
10.1023/A:1020254711222
